Labor Standards Director Arthur Rosenfeld has succumbed to pancreatic cancer after a six-month battle. His death on May 16 marked the end of a prominent career that began in 1979 when he first worked as a U.S. Chamber of Commerce labor attorney. Rosenfeld, who also served under George W. Bush as general counsel of the…
In 2019, the Teamsters Union declined in membership by 65,000 members, marking the largest decline in the union’s membership in 20 years. In addition, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, the United Steelworkers Union, and the American Federation of Government Employees lost members, according to Bloomberg Law’s analysis of the annual LM-2 reports filed…
In a move labeled a “stealth attack,” Democrats have slipped “neutrality language” into the COVID-19 relief bill which imposes a gag rule on mid-sized businesses. The provision requires that employers with 500 to 10,000 employees can’t take a government loan under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act unless they commit to remain neutral…
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”…
