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Andrew Strom is a union lawyer based in New York City. He is also an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School.

Guest Post: Is There Really a Meaningful Difference Between Soliciting and Talking?

Dec 2, 2014 Andrew Strom

Andrew Strom is Associate General Counsel of SEIU Local 32BJ. One of the most common recurring issues in NLRB cases is the validity or application of an employer’s no-solicitation policy. Yet, after literally thousands of cases addressing this issue, the heated debate among Board members in a recent case, Conagra Foods, demonstrates that it’s time for […]

Guest Post: Can Unions Turn a Seventh Circuit Defeat Into a Victory?

Nov 6, 2014 Andrew Strom

Andrew Strom is Associate General Counsel of SEIU Local 32BJ. In July, the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in a long-running dispute between the Congress Plaza Hotel and Unite-Here Local 1. The court allowed a case to go to trial alleging that the Union engaged in unlawful coercive secondary activity. Some of the activity at issue […]

Guest Post: Public Sector Unions — Some History and Economics

Jul 18, 2014 Andrew Strom

Andrew Strom is Associate General Counsel of SEIU Local 32BJ. This post is the next in a series of responses to Dmitri Mehlhorn’s Daily Beast article and follow up post; Professor Jake Rosenfeld’s responses are here and here. Dmitri Mehlhorn has made two attention-getting assertions: (1) public sector unions have harmed the interests of the working poor; […]

Guest Post: In Defense of "Last-In, First-Out"

Jul 7, 2014 Andrew Strom

Andrew Strom is Associate General Counsel of SEIU Local 32BJ. The trial court decision in Vergara v. State of California drew headlines recently because the judge struck down several provisions of California’s laws governing tenure for public school teachers. One of the provisions at issue was the “last-in, first-out rule,” which provides that the last hired […]

Guest Post: Is a Consensus Emerging in Favor of Democracy in the Workplace?

Jun 9, 2014 Andrew Strom

Andrew Strom is Associate General Counsel of SEIU Local 32BJ. Several years ago, when it seemed possible that Congress might enact the Employee Free Choice Act, the Chamber of Commerce and other industry groups formed an organization called the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace. Recently, I was surprised to see that the Chamber and its allies […]

Guest Post: The House Hearings on the NLRB – Not What You Learned in Your Civics Textbook

Mar 10, 2014 Andrew Strom

Andrew Strom is Associate General Counsel of SEIU Local 32BJ. Last week, instead of watching House of Cards, I decided to watch the real Congress in action. I sat down one night with a bowl of popcorn to watch the archived webcast of a hearing conducted by the House Education and the Workforce Committee. You can […]

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Guest Post: Is There Really a Meaningful Difference Between Soliciting and Talking?

Guest Post: Can Unions Turn a Seventh Circuit Defeat Into a Victory?

Guest Post: Public Sector Unions — Some History and Economics

Guest Post: In Defense of "Last-In, First-Out"

Guest Post: Is a Consensus Emerging in Favor of Democracy in the Workplace?

Guest Post: The House Hearings on the NLRB – Not What You Learned in Your Civics Textbook