Jon Gruden and Labor Law Traps
When I talk to union organizers, I often remind them that labor law is full of traps for the...
Jon Gruden and Labor Law Traps
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Andrew Strom
Andrew Strom has been a union lawyer for more than 25 years. He is an Associate General Counsel of Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ in New York, NY. He is the author of Caught in a Vicious Cycle: A Weak Labor Movement Emboldens the Ruling Class, 16 U.St. Thomas L.J. 19 (2019); Boeing and the NLRB: A Sixty-Four Year-old Time Bomb Explodes, 68 National Lawyers Guild Review 109 (2011); and Rethinking the NLRB’s Approach to Union Recognition Agreements, 15 Berkeley J. Emp. &; Lab. L. 50 (1994), and has written for Dissent and Dollars and Sense. He also taught advanced legal writing at Fordham Law School. He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. The views he expresses on this blog are his personal views, and should not be attributed to SEIU Local 32BJ.
In Case You Forgot How Anti-Union Trump’s Judges Are
In Case You Forgot How Anti-Union Trump’s Judges Are
In 2019, I wrote about how the NLRB’s decision in Ridgewood Health Care Centertook away one of...
The Court’s Cedar Point Opinion – Haven’t I Seen This Movie Before?
The Court’s Cedar Point Opinion – Haven’t I Seen This Movie Before?
When the current Supreme Court decides a labor case, it’s like watching top film stars in the...
As Growers Swing for the Fences in Cedar Point, Will They Strike Out?
As Growers Swing for the Fences in Cedar Point, Will They Strike Out?
At the Supreme Court oral argument in Cedar Point Nursery v. Haddid, Joshua Thompson, the...
In Cedar Point, Will the Supreme Court Rewrite the Fifth Amendment?
In Cedar Point, Will the Supreme Court Rewrite the Fifth Amendment?
This spring, the Supreme Court will hear a case, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, challenging a...
The D.C. Circuit Reminds Us How Hard it Will be to Restore the Right to Organize
The D.C. Circuit Reminds Us How Hard it Will be to Restore the Right to Organize
If Joe Biden wins the Presidential election and the Democrats win control of the Senate, then...
Amy Coney Barrett is as Anti-Worker as the Rest of Trump’s Judges
Amy Coney Barrett is as Anti-Worker as the Rest of Trump’s Judges
The media is giving so much attention to how the next Supreme Court Justice may affect the...
Peter Robb’s Vacuous Attack on Voluntary Recognition Agreements
Peter Robb’s Vacuous Attack on Voluntary Recognition Agreements
Thanks to Donald Trump and Republican Senators, Peter Robb is the General Counsel of the...
Yet Another Reason Why We Need a Clean Slate for Labor Law
Yet Another Reason Why We Need a Clean Slate for Labor Law
If there is a silver lining in the efforts of Donald Trump’s appointees to crank out as many...
Trump’s Labor Board to U.S. Workers: “Shut Up and Work”
Trump’s Labor Board to U.S. Workers: “Shut Up and Work”
I recently wrote about how the Trump National Labor Relations Board has allowed employers to...
Trump Appointees Keep Chipping Away at Workers’ Rights
Trump Appointees Keep Chipping Away at Workers’ Rights
Sometimes it seems like the judges and NLRB Members that Donald Trump has appointed are playing...
Dissent in Exile: Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, 369 NLRB No. 91 (May 29, 2020)
Dissent in Exile: Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, 369 NLRB No. 91 (May 29, 2020)
What’s the difference between talking about whether a union is good or bad, and encouraging a...