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The Labor Board Gives Unionized Employers More Flexibility Managing Their Workforce
It is well established that, in general, employers, whose employees are represented by a union, commit unfair labor practices by making any material, substantial and significant change regarding most terms and conditions of employment affecting the unionized employees, without first … Continue reading
Intermittent Strikes Are Not Protected
A decision issued last week by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) should be noted by employers facing employee general demands for changes in terms and conditions of employment. The NLRB reaffirmed established law that a series of … Continue reading
Employers May Prohibit Non-Employees From Organizing On The Employers’ Property
On Friday, June 14, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued a decision of significance to employers. In particular, the NLRB decision affects employers, such as hospitals and hotels, that have areas of their property open to … Continue reading
The April 2019 Snell & Wilmer “Under Construction” Newsletter Out
The spring edition of Snell & Wilmer’s Under Construction newsletter has been published. See here. The Labor and Employment team contributed to this issue. Walker Crowson provides a useful overview of New Mexico’s construction law. While Jerry Morales addresses picketing threats which … Continue reading
Posted in New Mexico, NLRA, NLRB, Unions
| Tagged Construction Law, Construction Projects, Picketing, Under Construction
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Union Dues Checkoff: Update from NLRB
A recent Memorandum issued by the General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) (GC 19-04, February 22, 2019), discusses issues of importance to all employers and in particular to employers that have union contracts that provide for … Continue reading
Posted in NLRA, NLRB, Pay, Unions
| Tagged Checkoff, Checkoff Authorization, Dues Deduction, GC 19-04, Memo, Memorandum, Region 28, Union Dues
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Picketing Threats
Letters from unions to owners, general contractors, and other contractors informing them of the union’s dispute with one or more of the subcontractors, working at a common construction project site (or common situs), and of the union’s plans to engage … Continue reading
NLRB’s Email Rule May Be Coming to an End
In its 2014 decision Purple Communications Inc. and Communication Workers of America, the NLRB ruled that employees could generally use employers’ email systems to organize or engage in other concerted activities protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations … Continue reading
Posted in Handbook, Labor, NLRA, NLRB, Unions
| Tagged Company Email, Labor, NLRA, NLRB, Policy, Protected Communications, Protected Concerted Activity, Purple Communications, Section 7
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Extraction of Agency Fees from Non-Consenting Public Employees is Unconstitutional
In Janus v AFSCME , U.S. No. 16-1466, the Supreme Court held on June 27, 2018 that States and public sector unions may no longer extract agency fees from non-consenting employees. Such extractions violate the employees’ First Amendment right to … Continue reading
Posted in NLRA, NLRB, Unions
| Tagged AFSCME, Agency Fees, First Amendment, Free Speech, Janus, Public Sector, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Union Dues
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Workplace Word: The U.S. Supreme Court and the “Fate of the Union”
Check out the latest edition of Snell & Wilmer’s Workplace Word – see here. This edition explores the recent oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether nonunion employees working in the public sector should have to pay partial … Continue reading
Posted in Unions
| Tagged AFSCME, First Amendment, Gorsuch, Illinois, Labor, Seventh Circuit, Union Dues
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