By: Jeffrey A. Berman, Esq.
On December 19, 2014, the Board released Pacific Lutheran University, 361 NLRB No. 157 (2014) (Pacific Lutheran Board Decision), a decision that will have significant impact on two key issues: (i) when the Board can assert jurisdiction over religious schools; and (ii) the analysis to be applied…
By: Kenneth R. Dolin, Esq. & David L. Streck, Esq.
Here we go again. The National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”) has adopted its expedited election rules that have been previously proposed twice and approved in part once, only to be ruled invalid by the United States District Court for the District…
By: Marc R. Jacobs
On November 6, 2014, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed the ruling of a superior court judge and held that the Indiana Right to Work Law does not violate the Indiana Constitution. Zoeller v. Sweeney, Case No. 45S00-1309-PL-596 (2014) (“Sweeney”).
The Indiana state law challenge decided in Sweeney raised…
By: Michael Rybicki, Esq.
A Board Majority has used Pressroom Cleaners, 361 NLRB No. 57 (September 30, 2014) to overrule Planned Building Services, 347 NLRB 670 (2006), a decision that had responded to the criticism of various Courts with respect to the remedies imposed by the Board in successorship cases. Members Miscimarra…
By: Ronald J. Kramer, Esq.
It is black letter law that states can prohibit contracts from requiring bargaining unit members to pay money to unions, right? Maybe not, at least according to the Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit. On September 2, 2014, the Seventh Circuit upheld Indiana’s Right to Work Act in a…
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.
In previous posts about possible unionization by Northwestern University’s scholarship football players, I likened the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) to referees who had committed a false start penalty and showed how the union’s game wasn’t just against Northwestern. This time – in a gridiron battle of acronyms worthy…
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.
After last week’s post “College Football Unions: Throw the Flag for a False Start,” several readers asked what might happen if the NLRB is eventually upheld in finding that Northwestern University’s scholarship football players are “employees” under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act and therefore…
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.
Although it’s still the first set of downs in the game between Northwestern University and CAPA (the College Athletes Players Association union seeking to represent Northwestern’s football players) let’s take an instant replay time out to review the last play — the March 26, 2014 NLRB Regional Director’s decision…
By: Anne D. Harris. Esq.
We recently blogged here about a group of Northwestern University football players who filed a petition for union representation.
On February 12, 2014, the Board held a hearing on the football players’ petition. Represented by the College Athletes Players Association (“CAPA”), the football players and Northwestern counsel each provided…
By: Ronald J. Kramer, Esq & Annette E. Kim
The kids may be waiting for Santa, and everyone is waiting for Noel Canning, but the wait is over, more or less, for indications as when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Department of Labor (DOL) may move on proposed “ambush election”…
