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Posted on Aug 29, 2024 on Employment, Legal Updates, Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and William C. Collins
Under the National Labor Relations Act, employers have the right to require their workers to attend meetings on the company’s position on unions (called captive audience meetings). Employers have also used mandatory meetings to discuss …
Posted on Jun 13, 2024 on Employment, Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and William C. Collins
Last year’s monumental decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, 372 NLRB No. 130, is already overturning Company union election wins. Following the legal framework in Cemex, the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts struck down …
Posted on May 28, 2024 on Employment, Legislative Updates, Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Luis A. Torres
For five decades, the southern United States has been an attractive location for automakers to open plants thanks to generous tax breaks and cheaper, non-union labor. However, after decades of failing to unionize automakers in …
Posted on Mar 12, 2024 on Union Issues by Brody and Associates, Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Published in CT LAW TRIBUNE By Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia Last month, the Boston Regional Office of the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) ruled that members of the Dartmouth men’s basketball …
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 …