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NLRB Back to Full Strength 1 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
As was expected, the Senate has confirmed the full slate of National Labor Relations Board appointees. The board now consists of recent appointees Kent Hirozawa and Nancy Schiffer, Mark Gaston Pearce...
INK July 2013 25 Jul 2013 | 07:39 pm
In this issue: Foreign Threat Adds to Volkswagen Organizing Effort Defections, Mergers, and Global Expansion (oh my!) IAM Levies Over $1 Million in Fines Union Strategy: Harness the Young & Inexperie...
Labor Relations Insight 25 Jul 2013 | 06:51 pm
by Phil Wilson This has been quite an eventful month for the NLRB. For the first time in over a year and a half the NLRB is about to go back to full (Senate confirmed) 5-member strength. This after t...
Union Bailout Update 25 Jul 2013 | 02:51 am
With a fully empanelled union-friendly NLRB, expect to continue to see rulings go against employers. Employer policies will continue to be attacked, as in this recent DirectTV case. Our suggestion wou...
Teamsters Beat 25 Jul 2013 | 02:48 am
Source: Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation With the pension crisis front and center in the minds of many Americans, it comes as no surprise that a discussion of pensions is exactly what it took to...
Foreign Threat Adds to Volkswagen Organizing Effort 25 Jul 2013 | 02:18 am
Juergen Stumpf While the United Auto Workers claim to have assembled a “new model” of labor relations where the workforce and management work together, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center f...
Defections, Mergers, and Global Expansion (oh my!) 25 Jul 2013 | 02:00 am
The UFCW is apparently discussing defecting from Change to Win and re-joining the AFL-CIO. This dwarfs all the previous defections from Change to Win by a mile. The UFCW accounts for over a quarter of...
SEIU Watch 25 Jul 2013 | 01:46 am
Over the past few years, SEIU Local 221 has lost over 20% of its members and it appears they will be adding approximately 270 more county employees to that list. Members voted earlier this month to de...
IAM Levies Over $1 Million In Fines 25 Jul 2013 | 01:02 am
Some may remember the Caterpillar strike in May of last year when International Association of Machinists (IAM) union bosses ordered 800 workers at the Joliet plant to go on strike. After 100 of those...
Union Strategy: Harvest the Young & Inexperienced 25 Jul 2013 | 12:41 am
The latest Pew Research Center poll data indicates that overall favorability toward unions has risen – from 41% in 2011 to 51% as of June. Gallup showed a similar trend, indicating a move from 48% in ...
