Category: Legal

NLRB Increases Budget for Unionization Marketing While Mail Ballot Issues Continue

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Jun 24, 2021 | Legal, NLRB

President Biden is calling for a 10% budget increase for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), with $2.1 million earmarked to launch a unionization marketing effort by the board. Beyond beefing up regional offices, Biden’s...

California Considers Requiring Union Labor On Affordable Housing Contracts; Alabama Coalminers Strike Continues

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Jun 24, 2021 | Industry, Legal, Manufacturing, States, Unions

The California State Legislature is considering a proposal that would require all union labor on affordable housing projects. It doesn’t actually make sense for these two things to go together. Union labor is well-known to be...

New Hampshire Rejects Right To Work; Illinois Lawmakers Move Toward Legislating Right To Organize

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Jun 24, 2021 | Legal, States, Unions

The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted down right-to-work legislation this month. If it had passed, NH would have been the 28th right-to-work state in the nation and the first and only right-to-work state in the...

NLRB Keeps Decertification Contract Bar Doctrine and Stays Out Of Presidential Appointments

Posted by Phillip Wilson | May 27, 2021 | Legal, NLRB

The decertification contract bar doctrine will remain in place. Last summer the NLRB invited parties to the Mountaire Farms case, along with other interested organizations, to comment on whether the board should eliminate or...

24 States Cancel Bonus Unemployment And Mask and Vaccine Requirements Evolve

Posted by Phillip Wilson | May 27, 2021 | Legal, OSHA, States

The number of states who have cancelled or plan to cancel the federal unemployment benefits by June is up to 24. Good news for employers who have reaped the unintended consequences of workers preferring the couch and government...