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Steptoe & Johnson Recent News- Gene Jazwinski Joins Steptoe & Johnson May 16, 2012
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- Jim Wright Sworn in as WV State Bar President May 9, 2012
Category Archives: Labor Relations
THE NLRB AS A POLITICAL BATTLEGROUND
The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) has been a hot topic on this blog in 2011, so it’s not surprising we are still talking about them as the year comes to a close.
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NLRB DELAYS EMPLOYEE RIGHTS POSTING REQUIREMENT
All the employer backlash directed towards the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for its latest move in what appears to be an anti-employer agenda driven by partisan politics seems to have had an impact, after all.
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THE NLRB GIVES UNIONS A BOOST…AGAIN
As readers of this blog know well, union organizers all over the country have had the chance to act like children on Christmas morning an awful lot lately thanks to the National Labor Relations Board. Putting aside for a minute the fact that things have gotten so bad a member of the House just proposed [...]
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THOSE THINGS RAISED UP ON YOUR BACK…THOSE ARE HACKLES
We all have known for years that the leadership of federal and state agencies are packed with appointees from the political party in power. But never have those agencies seemed so philosophically bent or brazen as they do now. We have all read about or experienced first-hand the ramped up regulatory agenda and enforcement of [...]
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FACEBOOK POSTINGS WERE PROTECTED ACTIVITY UNDER NLRA: HISPANICS UNITED OF BUFFALO, INC. V. ORTIZ
As we have discussed before on this blog, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is focusing much attention on social media. In particular, several complaints have been filed recently that allege that employers have retaliated against employees who have used social media to engage in activity that is protected by the National Labor Relations Act [...]
THE END OF AN ERA? THE NLRB’S ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH
There is an alarming connection between the National Labor Relations Board’s much-publicized decision to file a complaint against Boeing, covered previously on this blog HERE and HERE, and the new proposed election rules which the NLRB announced a few weeks ago. Put simply, both actions are part of the Board’s recent effort to severely curtail [...]
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THE NLRB ON A (SOCIAL MEDIA) MISSION
It seems as if the intersection of workplace regulation and social media is addressed in this forum just about every other week.
MAKING A UNION ORGANIZER’S JOB TOUGHER
While we have written in this space before about efforts in legislatures all over the country to stem or limit collective bargaining (particularly in the public sector), union organizers persist for the time being, looking to mobilize your workforce into what would surely be a daily headache you don’t need. The good news, however, is [...]
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NLRB STARTS 2012 WHERE IT LEFT OFF IN 2011: SAYS WORKERS CAN’T BE FORCED TO SIGN CLASS WAIVERS