Tag Archive: National Labor Relations Board (page 3)

• The Short Memories of the “Recess” Appointment Supporters

  Posted on Jan 22, 2013 by Center for Union Facts

  The year 2007 doesn’t seem all that long ago. But that’s evidently long enough for organized labor and its supporters to conveniently forget about what constitutes a recess appointment. Professor John Logan is the director of Labor and Employment Studies at San Francisco State University, and a supposed “expert on the anti-union industry and anti-union legislation in the U.S.” Logan provides a […]

• News Roundup: The News Is–There Will Be No More News

  Posted on Jan 14, 2013 by Center for Union Facts

  Philly Media Group Threatens to Liquidate Outlets Filed under “this is awkward,” the Philadelphia Daily News reports (via Philly.com) that its parent group, Interstate General Media (IGM), has given the employees of the News, Philly.com, and the Philadelphia Inquirer an ultimatum: Come to a union agreement by Friday or we’ll liquidate. Although the newsroom staff has a contract that runs until October, the company’s ten […]

• News Roundup

  Posted on Jan 10, 2013 by Center for Union Facts

  Teamsters Unionize Truck Drivers at Southern CA Ports Having suffered a costly port strike in December, the businesses—to say nothing of the millions of Americans—who rely on the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach won’t be happy to hear this news: The Press-Telegram reports that 65 truckers for Toll Group have reached a union contract agreement with port management. The paper declared them “the […]

• Suspicion Hovers Over New And Never-Vetted NRLB Member

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  One of President Obama’s contested recess appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is facing a lawsuit where he and several others have been accused of violating the law written to prosecute mobsters. Although Richard Griffin became a member of the NLRB over a year ago, the President’s decision to appoint him without the constitutionally-required advice […]

• News Roundup: Labor Laughs Off Civility

  Posted on Jan 09, 2013 by Center for Union Facts

  Illinois Labor Crowd Finds Decapitation Hilarious Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis was a big hit at the Illinois Labor History Society. As the keynote speaker at the Society’s “Salute to Labor’s Historic Heroes from the History Makers of Today” event, Lewis recalled the labor days of yore by saying, “[W]e are in a moment where the wealth disparity in this […]

• Affidavit Reveals Major Flaw in NLRB Investigator’s Excusing of Solomon

  Posted on Jan 08, 2013 by Center for Union Facts

  The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Acting General Counsel, Lafe Solomon, has been under the gun from members of Congress and others for his alleged ethical shortcomings. Now, new information has emerged that questions the decision that let Solomon off his most serious — and potentially criminal— alleged conduct. Cause of Action, a nonpartisan watchdog group, has called for an investigation into the NLRB’s Office of […]

• NLRB’s Coordinated Campaign on “Concerted Activity”

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  Some might assume that nonunion workplaces cannot be affected by the rulings of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) but that is simply not the case.  One easy way for the Board to extend its jurisdiction is to redefine certain activity in the context of a unionization campaign. The Wall Street Journal editorial board notes how NLRB Acting General […]

• News Roundup: Hayes Moves On

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  Former NLRB Member Joins Ogletree Deakins  Former National Labor Relations Board member Brian Hayes, whose term with the Board ended last month, is now a shareholder of Ogletree Deakins, a law firm that often represents management in labor disputes. Hayes has been named co-chair of the Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group. Hayes said about the move: “This is […]