By: Jeffrey A. Berman, Mary Kay Klimesh, & Bryan R. Bienias
Last week the National Labor Relations Board decided to reconsider whether graduate teaching assistants at private universities should be treated as employees under the National Labor Relations Act. The case, The New School, Case No. 02-RC-143009, involves a UAW petition to…
For decades prior to 2000, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) consistently found that a bargaining unit was inappropriate when the union sought a unit consisting of employees of one employer together with employees of a separate employer, unless all of the employers involved consented. For example, a proposed unit…
By: Jeremy P. Sherman, Esq.
In one of the most anticipated labor relations cases in decades, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments today in Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall on whether pre-recognition agreements that assist union organizing efforts are illegal.
Factual Background
Martin Mulhall, an employee of Mardi Gras Gaming in Florida…
