NLRB’s New Moves to Streamline Case Handling
On January 6, 2025, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memo GC 25-03, announcing updates intended to improve the agency’s case-handling processes.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jan 7, 2025 | General Counsel, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB
On January 6, 2025, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memo GC 25-03, announcing updates intended to improve the agency’s case-handling processes.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 6, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Logistics, News, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Transportation, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Welcome to 2025. Over the holidays, the SEIU-affiliated Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) and the Teamsters-affiliated Amazon Labor Union (ALU) claim to have waged “historic” five-day strikes, but was that really the case?
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Dec 18, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Retail, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
It’s been a while since we have had an update on Starbucks and SBWU.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Dec 16, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, Tech - Media, Union Organizing, Unionized Company
Last week, the NLRB took a stand on reality TV. Really.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Dec 10, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Breaking, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, Unionized Company, Unions
This time, it’s the end of the “contract coverage” standard—a precedent from the Trump era that allowed employers to change job requirements and working conditions without needing a union’s permission (as long as the contract language didn’t explicitly forbid it).
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