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Archive for March, 2014

Labor Relations News Update March 26, 2014

Today’s Labor Updates: NLRB Director for Region 13 issues Decision in Northwestern University Athletes Case Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of March 18 – 21, 2014 NLRB Director for Region 13 issues Decision in Northwestern University Athletes Case March 26, 2014 Regional Director, Peter Sung Ohr, has issued a Decision in 13-RC-121359 finding the […]

Labor Relations News Update March 25, 2014

Today’s Labor Updates: The de minimis doctrine is alive and well in California Are You Disabled? Your Boss Needs to Know Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of March 10 – 14, 2014   The de minimis doctrine is alive and well in California Littler Mendelson Joshua D. Kienitz USA March 18 2014 On March […]

Labor Relations News Update March 19, 2014

  Today’s Labor Updates: Obama Will Seek Broad Expansion of Overtime Pay Chad oil workers end strike after Chinese employers raise pay Disciplining an injured employee for violating a safety rule   Obama Will Seek Broad Expansion of Overtime Pay By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and STEVEN GREENHOUSE MARCH 11, 2014 WASHINGTON — President Obama this […]

Labor Relations News Update March 17, 2014

Today’s Labor Updates: As Disney profits soar, unions negotiate for higher pay Ways to Say ‘No’ More Effectively   As Disney profits soar, unions negotiate for higher pay By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel 9:26 PM EDT, March 9, 2014 The last time Walt Disney World and its largest group of unions negotiated a new contract, […]

Labor Relations News Update March 7, 2014

Today’s Labor Updates: It’s not all about the benjamins – what really makes an exempt executive Revitalized National Labor Relations Board sets an aggressive course FEBRUARY 2014 Select events and news from the world of organized labor Boeing to Freeze Pension Benefits for 68,000   It’s not all about the benjamins – what really makes […]

Labor Relations News Update March 6, 2014

Today’s Labor Updates: Essential Things to Know About Labor & Employment Law in China Losing Volkswagen Was Nothing Compared With Next UAW Fear Colombia: New decree-law moves towards collective bargaining for union coexistence Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of February 24 – 28, 2014   Essential Things to Know About Labor & Employment Law […]

Labor Relations News Update February 26, 2014

Today’s Labor Updates: Another big union refuses to accept workers’ rejection Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of February 18 – 21, 2014   February 25, 2014 Another big union refuses to accept workers’ rejection Bill Zwerger On Friday, after two days of voting, workers at a Novelis Inc. aluminum manufacturing plant in Oswego, NY […]

Labor Relations News Update February 25, 2014

Today’s Labor Updates: Cross-border employers must take care before implementing drug-and-alcohol-testing policies at non-U.S. operations Quit Complaining About Meager Wages; Make $92,160 a Year Working Here Goodyear to fully freeze pension plan for USW workers   Cross-border employers must take care before implementing drug-and-alcohol-testing policies at non-U.S. operations Fisher & Phillips LLP Danielle Urban Canada, […]

Labor Relations News Update February 24, 2014

Today’s Labor Updates: Environmental Groups Resort to Suing Industries Directly Mob’s Hold on Unions Isn’t What It Used to Be Wisconsin’s Legacy for Unions   Environmental Groups Resort to Suing Industries Directly By NEENA SATIJAFEB. 22, 2014 Starting Monday, a federal judge in Waco will hear arguments from the Sierra Club that Luminant Generation Company, […]

Labor Relations News Update February 22, 2014

Today’s Labor Updates: After Historic UAW Defeat at Tennessee Volkswagen Plant, Theories Abound UAW Asks NLRB to Review Vote at VW Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of February 10 – 14, 2014   February 15, 2014 After Historic UAW Defeat at Tennessee Volkswagen Plant, Theories Abound BY Mike Elk Workers and organizers cite outside […]