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Posted on Oct 18, 2023 on Employment, Legislative Updates, Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Earlier this month, New York became the latest state to ban mandatory captive audience meetings when Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 4982 and Assembly Bill 6604, amending New York Labor Law Section 201-d …
Posted on Sep 13, 2023 on Employment, Labor Management Issues, Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) nearly unanimously authorized a strike against Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis. The vote received a 97% approval from over 150,000 union members. One of the most …
Posted on Aug 21, 2023 on Legal Updates, Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Labor Peace Agreements (“LPA”) are nothing new. They generally require employers to agree not to oppose unionization and in return unions usually promise not to strike; sometimes by agreement and sometimes by legal mandate. The …
Posted on Jul 20, 2023 on Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
By now, most have heard of the ongoing saga surrounding Starbucks and its over 400 locations which have filed with the federal National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) to hold union elections. To date, over 400 …
Posted on Feb 17, 2023 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
On Tuesday, Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union Address, touching on topics from social security to infrastructure. Many believe Biden’s State of the Union Address was a soft launch of his re-election campaign. …
Posted on Nov 15, 2022 on Employment, Union Issues, Wage and Hour, Workplace Safety by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In a surprising setback to the unionizing trend sweeping the country, workers at a Philadelphia-area Home Depot soundly rejected the Home Depot Workers United union by a vote of 165-51. This first ever store-wide union …
Posted on Oct 26, 2022 on Employment, NLRB, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
For years employers have been allowed to hold mandatory meetings or “captive audience speeches” to discuss their position on unions. These meetings are often in response to unionizing campaigns. Now, captive audience speeches may be …
Posted on Oct 18, 2022 on Employment, NLRB, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Currently, union employees have the right to request a representative be present during investigatory interviews with company management that may lead to discipline. This right is referred to as the Weingarten rule or Weingarten Rights. …
Posted on Sep 30, 2022 on Employment, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last month, baseball’s MLB Players’ Association (the “MLBPA”) announced it planned to unionize all minor leaguers who played on teams affiliated with the MLB. To this end, the MLBPA distributed union authorization cards to over 3,500 …
Posted on Sep 27, 2022 on Employment, NLRB, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
After losing its appeal earlier this month, Starbucks announced it would reinstate seven employees who were fired in February allegedly because they led efforts to unionize their Memphis store. Starbucks said these employees were terminated …