Tag Archives: labor law

NLRB Postpones Notice-Posting Rule Until January 31, 2012

On August 26, our colleague Lisa Berg posted an article on the National Labor Relation Board’s (NLRB) new rule requiring employees (union and non-union) to post a notice informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, including the right to organize a union, form, join, or assist a union, bargain collectively, discuss … Continue Reading

Microbreweries Are Good; Micro-Bargaining Units Aren’t

I’m no beer aficionado but every now and then I enjoy a Purple Haze, an American-style wheat beer from a microbrewery just outside of New Orleans.  What employers will probably not enjoy is the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) recent ruling, in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, making it easier for unions to … Continue Reading

Administrative Law Judge Recommends Employees Fired for Facebook Posts Be Reinstated and Provided Loss of Pay

For the first time, in Hispanics United of Buffalo, Inc., an Administrative Law Judge has found a violation of the National Labor Relations Act in a social media case brought by the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”).  As addressed in the earlier post, NLRB OKs Employee Bad-Mouthing on Social Media, the General Counsel … Continue Reading

The NLRB Extends Its “Runaway Shop” Doctrine to Companies Expanding Operations in Right-to-Work States

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) filed a complaint against the Boeing Company in April based on Boeing’s decision to open a second assembly line to build its Dreamliner airplanes in a non union plant in South Carolina instead of expanding its current assembly line in a union plant in Washington State (see NLRB v. … Continue Reading
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