By: Bradford L. Livingston March 15 – the Ides of March – was not only a day of reckoning for Julius Caesar, but may also be one for organized labor in Indiana: it is when Indiana’s new right to work law took effect in 2012. Most private employers are covered by the National Labor Relations… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Can The Last Supervisor Turn Off The Lights Please
Posted in Current EventsBy: Bradford L. Livingston In Labor Management Relations, there has always been a fairly clear divide between management and labor. And in that division, supervisors have consistently been considered part of management. They schedule employees, discipline employees, give them assignments and instruction on what to do, and generally act as the employer’s frontline contact with… Continue Reading
Court Refuses To Enjoin NLRB Notice Posting Requirement Pending Appeal
Posted in UncategorizedBy: Joshua M. Henderson As previously reported below, earlier this month U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson upheld in part the NLRB’s rule requiring employers to post a notice described employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act. On March 7, 2012, Judge Jackson denied the employers’ request to enjoin the NLRB from enforcing the… Continue Reading
A Federal District Court Strikes Down A Significant Aspect Of The Board’s 2011 Posting Requirements
Posted in Current EventsBy: Joshua M. Henderson In what may be the first of many judicial setbacks for the National Labor Relations Board, on March 2, 2012, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama nominee, struck down a significant aspect of the Board’s 2011 rulemaking. It is no secret… Continue Reading