July 1st 2022
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On Friday, in news that has roiled the country and much of the Western world, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion and peeling back decades of women’s rights and...
A brief filed this week by NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo called for the reinstatement of the Joy Silk doctrine, Bloomberg Law reports. Currently, a bargaining order may only issue in cases where an “employer’s misdeeds are so widespread they make a fair...
The White House’s Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment released a detailed report this morning containing nearly 70 recommendations to spur unionization in the private and public sectors. Formed last April, the Task Force was tasked with...
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...
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...