‘Tis the season for cards and gifts, and apparently, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) is filled with the holiday spirit. In a decision issued last week but only released today, the NLRB gave labor unions a gift that will keep on giving when it overturned a fifty-year-old precedent
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A Loss for the NLRB at the D.C. Circuit — Court Finds Parties Were at Impasse in Bargaining
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on
By: David L. Streck
On November 27, 2012, in Erie Brush and Mfg. Corp. v. NLRB, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated an NLRB decision and order finding that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to bargain, and held that “the evidence overwhelmingly points to the existence of impasse….”…
Michigan Joins Indiana In Enacting Right-To-Work Legislation
By Arthur Telegen on
Posted in Current Events
The home of the UAW is now a right-to-work state. On December 11, 2012, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law two bills that will make Michigan a right-to-work state for both private sector (Senate Bill No. 116) and most public sector (House Bill No. 4003) employees. Michigan follows Indiana, which…
The NLRB Makes It More Difficult for Employers To Protect Confidential Financial Information During Bargaining
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Posted in Collective Bargaining
By: Kenneth R. Dolin
Over the last year, the Board has greatly expanded the scope of requested information that an employer must provide to a labor union upon the latter’s request during collective bargaining, especially when the requested information is financial in nature.
For example, in National Extrusion & Mfg. Co., 357 NLRB No.…
Beware The Ides Of March: Indiana’s Right To Work Law Takes Effect
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Posted in Current Events
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…