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January 23, 2022
News & Commentary

Kevin Vazquez

On Friday, the NLRB’s Brooklyn-based regional office announced that it planned to formally accuse Amazon of illegally firing a union organizer in its Staten Island warehouse in November. The NLRB regional director found merit in the claims of the Amazon Labor Union, an independent union founded by current and former Amazon employees, which has filed […]

January 19, 2022
News & Commentary

Fran Swanson

NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo is asking the Board to revisit several Trump-era precedents that narrowed what’s considered concerted activity for mutual aid and protection, Bloomberg Law reports. The General Counsel’s brief challenges an ALJ’s August dismissal of claims that American Federation for Children—a charter school lobbying organization—illegally fired an employee for speaking out about […]

December 21, 2021
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

Following the first successful unionization of a Starbucks store location, workers at a Starbucks store in Seattle, the home of Starbucks’s headquarters, filed a petition for a union election to be held on January 10. The workers leading the unionization drive at the Broadway and East Denny Way location in Capitol Hill have stated that […]

December 17, 2021
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

Three cases involving the right of workers to wear Black Lives Matter insignia at work could lead to a change in how the Board interprets Section 7 of the NLRA. The cases involved Whole Foods, Home Depot and Kroger, all of whom have been accused of retaliating against workers for refusing to remove Black Lives […]

Why Canadian Employers Do Not “Permanently” Replace Strikers

Dec 6, 2021 David Doorey

Few aspects of the U.S. labor law model are more confounding to outsiders than the right of employers to hire “permanent” strike replacements. It seems absurd to insist that workers have a legally protected “right to strike” when their employer can simply hand their jobs to another person and then not give it back when […]

October 19, 2021
News & Commentary

Jon Levitan

In response to the historic unionization drive in Buffalo, Starbucks management has seemingly launched a “counteroffensive … intended to intimidate workers, disrupt normal operations and undermine support for the union.” Starbucks headquarters has sent two managers—imported from out of state—into three Buffalo area stores that have separately filed for union elections with the NLRB. Michelle […]

The Strike Zone—October 11, 2021

Oct 11, 2021 Alex Blutman

On September 29, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum outlining her position that student-athletes, or “Players at Academic Institutions,” are employees under the NLRA. “My intent in issuing this memo,” Abruzzo wrote, “is to help educate the public, especially Players at Academic Institutions, colleges and universities, athletic conferences, and the NCAA, about the […]

October 6, 2021
News & Commentary

Jason Vazquez

After months of impasse on economic issues, nearly 1,500 employees of the Kellogg Company — the maker of Cheez-Its, Pringles, Pop-Tarts, Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Rice Krispies, Corn Flakes, Eggo, and other processed breakfast items — ignited a strike on Tuesday, shuttering production at all the company’s U.S. factories. The president of the union, BCTGM, explains that the company has […]

Joy Silk Can’t Help the Workers in Bessemer. What Can?

Oct 4, 2021 Jon Levitan

The Joy Silk doctrine—which would raise the penalty for employers who commit unfair labor practices in the run-up to a representation election, and thus provide a powerful deterrent—is poised for a comeback. The new NLRB General Counsel, Jennfier Abruzzo, has signaled that she intends to revive the 70 year-old doctrine. Joy Silk requires that when […]

NLRB General Counsel on Players at Academic Institutions

Sep 29, 2021 Benjamin Sachs

As Fred reported earlier this morning, Board GC Abruzzo has released a memo in which she states her position that “the scholarship football players at issue in Northwestern University, and similarly situated Players at Academic Institutions, are employees under the Act.” This is yet another huge development in U.S. labor law, and one with obviously […]

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January 23, 2022

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December 17, 2021

Why Canadian Employers Do Not “Permanently” Replace Strikers

October 19, 2021

The Strike Zone—October 11, 2021

October 6, 2021

Joy Silk Can’t Help the Workers in Bessemer. What Can?

NLRB General Counsel on Players at Academic Institutions