Double Standard in Labor Reporting: Why OLMS Must Enforce Union Compliance
Imagine being forced to pay hundreds of dollars to a shadowy organization with no idea where that money is going. Welcome to labor reporting double standard.
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 8, 2025 | Compliance, Corruption, Federal, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Legal, OLMS, SEIU, Trending, Unions
Imagine being forced to pay hundreds of dollars to a shadowy organization with no idea where that money is going. Welcome to labor reporting double standard.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Sep 3, 2025 | Compliance, Gig Economy, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, SEIU, States, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
Massachusetts voters recently passed a bill that allows Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize, and California is now following suit through a deal between lawmakers and rideshare companies Uber and Lyft.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Aug 11, 2025 | Compliance, General Counsel, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB
In GC Memo 25-10, issued August 7, 2025, Acting General Counsel William Cowen told Regional Offices to prioritize deferring unfair labor practice (ULP) charges to collectively bargained grievance and arbitration procedures before launching an investigation.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 28, 2025 | Compliance, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, SBWU, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions, USSW
Salting isn’t new. But the way unions are using it in 2025 feels like a remix, with mass applications, strategic ULP baiting, and coordinated PR pressure.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 16, 2025 | Compliance, Corruption, DOL, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, OLMS, Union Research
On July 1, 2025, the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) proposed raising the financial reporting thresholds for Forms LM-2, LM-3, and LM-4, the core tools used to track union income, expenditures, and assets under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA).
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