by Josh Scharff | Jun 27, 2017 | NLRB, Social Media, Union Organizing
A few months ago, the Second Circuit considered the case of a catering company server who was fired for posting this comment about his supervisor on Facebook (profanity edited): Bob is such a NASTY MOTHER F[@%#*!] don’t know how to talk to people!!!!!! F[@%#*!] his...
by Mark Gisler | Oct 20, 2016 | Cycling, Labor Law, Union Organizing
We are rooting for the bike couriers of New York City, who have recently formed the New York Messengers Alliance in an effort to harness their collective strength as they seek to improve their pay and benefits. There are some interesting parallels between these...
by Mark Gisler | Oct 6, 2016 | Clergy Employment Issues, Labor Law, NLRB, Union Organizing
NLRB Exerts Jurisdiction over Secular Teachers in Church-Operated Schools In two recent cases involving faculty bargaining units at Catholic universities, the NLRB evolved the test for determining whether certain faculty of church-operated schools come within the...
by Josh Scharff | Aug 26, 2016 | Labor Law, NLRB, Union Organizing
On August 23, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that graduate students who work as teaching or research assistants at private universities are employees with the right to unionize and collectively bargain. Its decision in Columbia University changes the...
by Josh Scharff | Aug 31, 2015 | joint employer, Labor Law, Union Organizing
The National Labor Relations Board spent some time in the limelight this August after issuing decisions in two high-profile cases with major implications for labor rights across the country. In Browning-Ferris Industries of California, the Board broadened the...
by Mark Gisler | Feb 9, 2015 | Labor Law, Union Organizing
Kudos to North American riders, who have recently created their own association (the Association of North American Professional Road Cyclists) and joined the membership of the Cyclistes Professionnels Associés. (See also, article in Velonews). The CPA is the...
by Josh Scharff | Mar 26, 2014 | Labor Law, Union Organizing
As we previously reported, college football players at Northwestern University submitted a petition and signed union cards to the National Labor Relations Board in January seeking the right to collectively bargain over terms and conditions of employment. The...
by Josh Scharff | Jan 28, 2014 | Labor Law, Union Organizing
Northwestern Football Players Seek to Unionize There’s some interesting labor law news today from an unlikely source – college football players at Northwestern University. Tom Farrey of ESPN’s Outside the Lines first reported that members of the Northwestern football...
by Jean Marc Favreau | Jan 6, 2014 | Labor Law, Union Organizing
National Labor Relations Board Decides Not to Seek Supreme Court Review of Cases Invalidating Notice Posting Requirement According to an NLRB press release issued on January 6, 2014, the NLRB will not petition the Supreme Court to challenge two U.S. Courts of Appeals...
by Kaylee Davis | Nov 20, 2013 | Labor Law, Supreme Court, Union Organizing
Supreme Court Considers Neutrality Agreements in Unite Here v. Mulhall Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall, argued before the Supreme Court last Wednesday, presents the issue of whether neutrality agreements are, to some degree, prohibited by Section 302 of the National...
