The Chairman’s statement could signal slower change than forecast – but don’t bank on it

For the first time in more than two years, the Board has clear quorum.  The question now turns to how the agency will exercise its authority. This is an issue of no small concern.  For an agency that is supposed

National Labor Relations Board Chair Liebman wrote in a March 2008 Journal of Labor and Society:

“The existence of a strong independent trade union movement is critical to a democratic society. Similarly, the system of collective bargaining … affords an effective mechanism to distribute resources and as such, it furthers a collective national sense of

On January 1, 2010, Oregon Senate Bill 519 became effective, making Oregon the first state in the country to bar employers from requiring employees to attend meetings to learn about the company’s views about unionization. The law has several components, including the creation of a new classification of wrongful termination lawsuits and the requirement that all

In response to the United States Department of Labor’s request for public comments on its proposed rulemaking implementing President Barack Obama’s Executive Order No. 13496, Jackson Lewis LLP, on behalf of its clients and other employers, has provided the Department with detailed comments and suggestions for improvements to the proposed rule. The Executive Order, signed January

President Obama sent his nominations for the three empty seats on the NLRB to the Senate on July 9, 2009. One of the three, Craig Becker, is currently the Associate General Counsel for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Although Mr. Becker has much labor law experience, he has some extreme ideas for reforming labor