NLRB
Senate adds management lawyer after Trump names union buster to NLRB
September 27, 2017Emanuel’s ascension gives the board, which governs labor-management relations in the private sector and in some parts of the public sector, a 3-2 GOP majority, at least for now. Board Chairman Philip Miscimarra, a Republican, will...
Read moreTrump labor board nominees duck tough questions
July 14, 2017Despite the performance at their July 13 confirmation hearing, the Senate will likely approve management-side labor lawyer William Emanuel and Marvin Kaplan, a former GOP congressional staffer.
Read moreNonmajority union organizing can continue; Supreme Court rejects Macy’s complaint
June 21, 2017The Court issued an unsigned rejection of Macy’s challenge to successful union organizing among fragrances and cosmetics workers at its Saugus, Mass., store.
Read moreTrump’s National Labor Relations Board will be anti-labor
February 8, 2017"We have never seen a situation like this in the 81-year history of the Board."
Read moreCorporations, courts, right wingers gang up on workers to kill overtime extension
December 1, 2016A federal judge in Texas has bowed to the wishes of corporate lobbying groups and has blocked a measure that would have increased by 12.5 million the number of workers eligible to receive overtime pay.
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