Labor and Employment Law Blog

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 union dues-checkoff. In the Memorandum, the GC reminds the NLRB Regions that the Labor Management […]

March 14, 2019 | 3 min read | Tagged: Checkoff, Checkoff Authorization, Dues Deduction, GC 19-04, Memo, Memorandum, Region 28, Union Dues

Jerry Morales Of Counsel

Employees Use of Their Employers’ Email Resources for Union Activities

In Purple Communications Inc., 361 NLRB No. 126 (December 11, 2014) the NLRB reversed established precedent that employees did not have statutory rights to use their employers’ email resources for union activity. In that case, the Board held that employees that have been given access to their employers’ email systems, must be permitted to use […]

March 26, 2018 | 2 min read | Tagged: Administrative Law Judge, Board, Email, Ninth Circuit, Protected Communications, Protected Concerted Activity, Purple Communications, Region 28, Robert A. Cole, Trump, Union Activities, Unions, Voicemail

Jerry Morales Of Counsel