Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo recently got into an argument with Philip Jennings, general secretary of UNI Global Union, over President Trump’s tax cuts and policies for workers. Jennings claimed the President is “stacking the odds against working people coming together and getting a collective voice” while Bartiromo accused Jennings of “demonizing American workers who…
Union membership has remained stagnant in 2017, according to a January 19 report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Unions remained at 10.7%, adding only 262,000 members over 2016. In contrast, union participation rates were 20.1% in 1983, when union data was first compiled. Data was collected from a Current Population Survey of…
Labor Secretary Acosta’s cautious approach to dismantling Obama-era policies has led to rumors that he is using the position to bide his time while he waits for a judgeship nomination, possibly eyeing an appellate bench as a pathway to the Supreme Court. Rumors of his judgeship aspirations are not new, following along with him through…
President Trump has named Marvin E. Kaplan as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), replacing Chairman Philip A. Miscimarra, whose term expired on December 16, 2017. Kaplan was sworn in as a Board Member in August 2017, for a term ending in August 2020. Prior to his NLRB appointment, Chairman Kaplan had a prestigious career,…
The National Labor Relations Board has voted to overrule Browning-Ferris guidelines for joint-employer liability established in 2015. Going forward, under the standards held prior to the Browning-Ferris ruling, “two or more entities will be deemed joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) if there is proof that one entity has exercised control over essential employment terms…
United Automobile Workers (UAW) union employees filed a petition December 6 (here) with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to form their own union. A union for the union. That seems almost poetic.
Bloomberg has reported after an exclusive interview with Peter Robb, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel, that Robb looks poised to reverse many Obama-era rulings. Robb instructed his staff in a December 1 memo to prepare talking points for all policy changes over the last eight years, as well as any rulings with dissenting…
Peter B. Robb was sworn in as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today for a four year term. He was nominated by President Trump in September and was confirmed by the Senate on November 8. Mr. Robb stated, “I have always believed in the core values expressed in the National Labor Relations…
During a recent oversight hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Labor Secretary Acosta hinted that his department may revise its interpretation of laws that govern work centers and how they disclose finances. Conservative think tanks and lobby groups have proposed that organizations like the Fight for $15, OUR Walmart, and Restaurant Opportunities…
United Autoworkers Union (UAW) lost a unionization vote in an Ohio-based Fuyao Glass Group Industries plant this past week after attempting underhanded maneuvers to win by discriminating against employees. In their request for an election, UAW petitioned to exclude nonimmigrant visa employees from casting ballots. The majority of these employees are Chinese, and less likely to…
