Declining to decide whether organized labor must abandon the neutrality agreement as an organizing tool, the U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed as “improvidently granted” a union petition for review in UNITE HERE Local 355 v. Mulhall et al., No. 12-99 (Dec. 10, 2013). The action came in a per curiam order only after the
Neutrality Agreements
Supreme Court Grants Review in Card-Check Neutrality Case
By Howard M. Bloom on
Posted in Unions and Organizing
The U.S. Supreme Court has just granted certiorari in a case involving use of card check neutrality agreements in a labor context. United Here Local 355 v. Mulhall, No. 12-99. Although not as significant as the Noel Canning NLRB recess appointment case for which the Supreme Court also granted review this morning, this issue…
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…