The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted a proposal to rescind the Obama-era “persuader rule,” which required consultants to disclose any work they do for employers regarding union organization efforts. A Texas federal judge granted a permanent injunction to the rule in November 2016, calling it unconstitutional. Read the full DOL proposal here.
The US Department of Labor issued a statement on June 7 announcing that Alexander Acosta, the US Secretary of Labor, has withdrawn the department’s informal guidance on joint labor and independent contractors. This withdrawal does not remove the legal responsibilities of employers in regards to the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural…
Kendall Fells, the lead organizer for the “Fight for $15” campaign, has claimed that he is not paid for his part in organizing protests. Recent reports hint otherwise. According to documents filed with the Department of Labor, Fells is on the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) payroll. He is listed as their “deputy organizing director” and…
The AFL-CIO’s Executive Paywatch report continues to come under fire for cherry-picking their data. Both the Washington Examiner and Washington Post’s Fact Checker have chimed in, with the Washington Post calling claims that the average CEO makes 300 times the average worker “completely wrong.” When using the Department of Labor’s figures, which include a more accurate salary…
In mid-April 2016, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Communications Workers of America conducted a strike against Verizon after they failed to negotiate a contract for workers. With apologies to her coworkers, one union employee in Lowell, Massachusetts decided to cross the line and continue working, earning additional compensation for doing so. After the…
Union CEO’s make almost $60,000 more annually than private sector CEOs, according to a new report released by The Center for Union Facts. Leading union officials earned $252,370 in 2016 compared to the average CEO take-home pay of $194,350. The Center for Union Facts compiled the information from filings of 192 of the largest national, state, and local unions in…
Two new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) potential nominees have begun the FBI background-check process, a last step before President Trump makes his official recommendation. At this time, it looks as if William Emanuel and Marvin Kaplan may have ousted Doug Seaton for the two vacant seats on the NLRB board. Speculation is that Seaton’s “union-buster”…
Since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) enacted its new rules in April 2015, union elections have been organized 38 percent faster than in previous years, according to a study conducted by the management law firm Fisher Phillips. On average, workers wait 24 days for an election compared to 39 days in previous years. Union elections held in less…
In 2011, catering company Pier Sixty fired an employee after discovering he had written a publicly accessible, vulgar Facebook post about his boss. The employee wrote the pro-union post following an exchange where he felt his boss had treated him unfairly, and only a few days before a unionization vote. The terminated employee filed a charge…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that In-N-Out Burger, a fast food chain operating in the southwest and western United States, had violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act by prohibiting employees from wearing buttons, pins, or stickers on their uniforms. Although the burger chain defended themselves by saying they wanted to…
