As the twentieth century comes to a close, the National Labor Relations Board has come 180 degrees from its origins in the New Deal era. The Congress that created the Board in 1935 envisioned a body made up wholly of "impartial Government members", and consistent with this spirit, early ...
So, it is perhaps no surprise that when the Board finally decided to address its regulation of e-mail and other electronic communications in its 2007 Register-Guard decision, it sounded like an agency still stuck in the New Deal era. The Board's e-mail decision was a missed opportunity. ...
“Chassis repair became a big stumbling block, however, because automation at seaports is expected to take jobs — and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union wants to find new members where it can.” “While the union’s rank-and-file woul...
The waiver standard also altered the deal the parties reached in collective bargaining by applying an exacting standardonlyto an employer’s right to act unilaterally, and not any other provisions or union obligations. In doing so, the waiver standard ignored that such a...
This is the unrestrained set of powers Trump will inherit. The president-elect frightens them, so they are now alarmed. But if they want to know whom to blame, they should look in the mirror. Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, executive power, fiat, New England Left-liberal, NLRB, President ...
NLRB policy has been to have at least three votes for a position on key cases, three being a majority of the panel's full complement, says Dave Parker, deputy executive secretary. Some pending cases deal with state prevailing-wage laws and with "bannering," in which unions display signs ...
N. Kirsanow to the National Labor Relations Board moves the panel closer to full strength, filling one of two open slots on the five-person board. But it's uncertain whether his appointment, which extends into 2007, will help trim the backlog of big NLRB cases, some involving construction...
Our colleagues at Inside Congress on Friday report that Labor-H could once again be a major hangup to a government funding deal later this month, particularly over abortion-related issues. House Republicans want to tack on a number of policy riders to the bill, while Senate Democrats are hold...