The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that it will publish its final rule relating to “persuader” activity under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) on March 24, 2016, almost five years after first proposing it. The rule (which was opposed by, among others, the American Bar Association, Association of Corporate Counsel,
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UNION NEUTRALITY AGREEMENTS TO BE SCRUTINIZED IF CERTIORARI GRANTED IN FLORIDA CASE
By Howard M. Bloom & Robert L. Murphy on
Posted in LMDRA
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether a neutrality agreement between a Florida greyhound track and a union improperly delivered a “thing of value” in violation of the Labor Management Relations Act.
Traditionally, when a union has sought to organize the employees of an employer and the employer decided it wanted to…