On December 21, 2010, the National Labor Relations Board ("Board") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (pdf), which, if finalized, would require employers to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act ("Act"). If you would like to review the Board’s News Release regarding the proposed rule, please click here (pdf)
Will Your Employees be some of the 5 million Workers Unions expect to add to their Membership under the Employee Free Choice Act?
Change is coming to Washington and to America’s workplaces. President Elect Obama launched a new website Change.gov where he explains his labor agenda which included passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. The Obama Administration’s transition views are summarized at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog.
Unions are on board too. After their push for
Employer’s Strategic Planning for an Obama Administration
President-Elect Obama told his hometown crowd that "Change has come to America." Through his election speeches, website and co-sponsorship of Senate Bills there is a road map of what changes will likely be coming to the American workplace.
Employers would be well served by examining the impact of likely legislation on their business
Obama Victory may give rise to Unprecedented Unionization of the American Workplace
Union membership and the public perception of the role of labor unions are relatively unchanged in recent years. Union membership was up only slightly in 2007 based on a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, which published the following statistics on union membership:
Percentage of unionized workforce
Bosses do not Deserve RESPECT
October 16th is the annual celebration of Boss’s Day, which has traditionally been the day for employees to “thank their boss for being kind and fair throughout the year”. In most workplaces, it is clear who is a boss and who is not. The boss is the one who tells you what to
Why Union Organizers come Knocking on an Employee’s Door and Why the Employee Free Choice Act will increase those “House Calls”
One big frustration for union organizers is access to employees for the purpose of soliciting union authorization cards and peddling the union message. Sophisticated employers have no solicitation policies, which force union organizers out of the workplace and into the parking lots and homes of employees.
The primary barrier to union home visits is determining where
One Less Tactic In Organized Labor’s Arsenal: Third Circuit says No To “Tagging”
In Pichler, et al. v. UNITE, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has weighed in on the controversial union organizing tactic known as "tagging." In its effort to organize employees of Cintas Corporation, the largest domestic employer in the industrial laundry industry, UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees) engaged
NOW is the Time for Employers to Gear up for the Employee Free Choice Act (Unions Are)
Sometimes a wait and see approach is the right call when it comes to proposed legislation, but not for nonunion employers facing the possible passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). EFCA will radically change the way unions organize employers by eliminating the “campaign” phase and secret ballot election that have been the hallmark of