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: 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:  Isabel Lazar, Esq.

As labor law practitioners brace for the new broad “persuader rules,” they can’t help but wonder whether representing employers faced with issues implicating labor laws would be worth the proverbial headache.  In an unprecedented move, the rules – as proposed – would vastly expand the Department of Labor’s onerous recordkeeping

By:  Bradford L. Livingston

Earlier this week, a community organizing group called New York Communities for Change, with significant assistance from other community organizations and organized labor, announced a multi-million dollar campaign to organize employees in New York City fast food restaurants.  With sponsorship from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the campaign is expected