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Understanding the New NLRB General Counsel Memo on Remedies

Sep 8, 2021 Benjamin Sachs

Today, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, released a highly relevant and impactful memo on the office’s intent to seek a rather stunning new array of remedies in unfair labor practice cases. As I wrote about the last GC memo, if the Board does a fraction of the things Abruzzo calls for […]

With Apple Slack Ban, An Opportunity to Return to Purple Communications

Sep 2, 2021 Fran Swanson

On Tuesday, The Verge’s Zoë Schiffer reported that Apple blocked its employees from creating a Slack channel to discuss pay equity. Apple told employees that this was merely the application of its policy that “Slack channels for activities and hobbies not recognized as Apple Employee clubs or Diversity Network Associations (DNAs) aren’t permitted.” But, as […]

The Strike Zone—August 30, 2021

Aug 30, 2021 Alex Blutman

The NFL’s longstanding failure to hire non-white candidates into key coaching and executive positions has been well-documented, but a new ESPN analysis reveals much of the same lack of progress in college football. It was merely 1979 when Willie Jeffries became the first Black head coach hired to lead a Division I-A (now FBS, Football […]

Minority Unions Belong in the G.C.’s Memo

Aug 27, 2021 Benjamin Sachs

Much has been written about what the new NLRB General Counsel included in her August 12th memorandum, which sets forth the priorities for her tenure at the Board. A good deal of attention has focused on GC Abruzzo’s decision to take a fresh look at the Joy Silk doctrine and the new regime of bargaining […]

In Case You Forgot How Anti-Union Trump’s Judges Are

Aug 25, 2021 Andrew Strom

In 2019, I wrote about how the NLRB’s decision in Ridgewood Health Care Centertook away one of the few effective remedies for employer misconduct. This was a case where a new employer took over a business and refused to hire the predecessor’s employees to avoid a bargaining obligation with the workers’ union. The old remedy […]

The Strike Zone—August 16, 2021

Aug 16, 2021 Alex Blutman

Olivia Moultrie and the National Women’s Soccer League have settled the young phenom’s antitrust suit challenging the league’s 18-and-older age restriction. The two sides had previously filed a joint stipulation, which conditioned the settlement on District Judge Karen Immergut vacating two key findings from the case. Judge Immergut agreed, pending the Ninth Circuit remanding the […]

The DNA of a True Labor Movement Leader: A Day in the Life of AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka

Aug 12, 2021 Jon Hiatt

Since the unexpected death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on August 5, many who knew and worked with Rich have posted tributes focusing on a variety of leadership roles that he took on: in the Western Pennsylvania mines as a young health and safety committee chairman; in the Mineworkers for Democracy’s struggle to save that […]

Today’s News & Commentary — August 2, 2021

Aug 2, 2021 Mackenzie Bouverat

As Nikita reported this weekend, the federal eviction moratorium has now lapsed. An estimated 11 million renters — a figure which amounts to one in six renters — now stand at risk of eviction. The executive branch is unable to act, per a Supreme Court order that further extensions to the eviction moratorium would require “clear […]

The Strike Zone—August 2, 2021

Aug 2, 2021 Alex Blutman

On July 5, we covered Carl Nassib’s announcement that he is gay, becoming the first player in the NFL to be openly out and just the second in the history of the four major North American sports. Just less than a month after the Nassib news, Nashville Predators prospect Luke Prokop became the first active […]

As Dems Mull Reconciliation, NLRA Civil Penalties Are Worth Fighting for

Jul 28, 2021 Benjamin Sachs, Tascha Shahriari-Parsa and Maxwell Ulin

Recently, Senate Democrats have begun discussing plans to enable the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to levy civil monetary penalties on employers who commit unfair labor practices (ULPs) as part of their broader reconciliation bill on infrastructure. While specifics are so far lacking, the proposal is based on what House Democrats already put forward in […]

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