On April 1, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published three new amendments to its rules and regulations that govern the filing and processing of petitions for a Board-conducted representation election and proof of majority support in construction-industry collective-bargaining relationships. Unfortunately, due to the national emergency caused by the coronavirus, the NLRB has decided…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has decided to resume Board-conducted elections on Monday, April 6, 2020. The NLRB had previously issued the temporary suspension on March 19 due to concerns for the safety of Agency employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. NLRB Chairman John F. Ring said, “Conducting representation elections is core to the NLRB’s…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has finalized amendments to Part 103 of its Rules and Regulations, which will better protect employees’ free choice regarding representation. The amendments include blocking charge policy, voluntary recognition bar, and section 9(a) recognition in the construction industry. The anticipated rule publication date in the Federal Registrar is April 1,…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has agreed to push back the effective date for its new rule to slow down the union election process. The rule will now begin on May 31, 2020, 45 days later than initially intended. The Board made this decision after AFL-CIO challenged the rule in court, claiming “the board…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced yesterday (3/19/20) that they will be suspending all representation elections, including mail-in ballots, until April 3, 2020. This action has been taken to protect the health and safety of its employees and anyone else involved in the elections process during the current COVID-19 pandemic, and because several regional…
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has unveiled a $150m anti-Trump campaign in an effort to hinder President Trump’s reelection. The Union, which has nearly 2m members, is aiming the campaign at 6 million voters who don’t usually vote in the battleground states of Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The campaign,…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule for Joint-Employer relations on February 26, 2020. The rule states that “a business must possess and exercise substantial direct and immediate control over one or more essential terms and conditions of employment of another employer’s employees.” It also further defines “substantial direct and immediate control”…
Immediately prior to the vote on the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka threatened lawmakers to vote yes on the PRO Act, or “Those who would oppose, delay or derail this legislation” would lose support from Big Labor, further stating “do not ask the labor movement . . . for…
After years of requests for better labor union oversight, the Labor Department’s union watchdog office has finally added a pair of aides with extensive experience advocating against organized labor. One of those new aides is none other than Rusty Brown, formerly of RWP Labor, who started as a union-avoidance consultant on January 6. Bloomberg Law…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week that the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of unions declined in 2019 by 0.2% from 2018 to 10.3%. In comparison, unions once stood at 20.1% in 1983, the first year for which data was made available. Public-sector worker union rates (33.6%) eclipsed…
