By:  Kenneth R. Dolin, Esq.

Labor negotiations are, as the name suggests, a series of negotiations that historically are conducted in an adversarial manner during which both parties often defend their proposals with, among other things, a mixture of rhetoric, logical appeals, and argument.  The Board has long recognized that during this process the

By Kenneth R. Dolin

In SDBC Holdings v. NLRB, reversing Stella D’Oro Biscuit Co., 355 NLRB No. 158 (2010), the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently reversed the National Labor Relations Board and held that an employer acted lawfully and did not engage in unfair labor practices by failing to give