Recent developments surrounding the National Labor Relations Board have cast a pall over this federal agency. On Tuesday, President Obama announced three nominations to the NLRB in an attempt to rectify the situation. The President renominated current Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce and nominated two management-side attorneys, Philip A. Miscimarra and Harry I.
pending labor legislation
Beware The Ides Of March: Indiana’s Right To Work Law Takes Effect
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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…
Can The Last Supervisor Turn Off The Lights Please
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Posted in Current Events
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…