Tag Archives: Unions

NLRB Upholds Employers’ Right to Restrict Employees’ Email Use for Union Organizing – for Now

By Pat Muldowney and Erin Sales on October 11, 2022 Posted in NLRB

The issue of whether an employer can ban its employees from using the company email system for union organizing has been the subject of heated litigation before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board). Since its 2007 decision in Register Guard, 351 NLRB 1110, the Board has vacillated between finding that such bans unlawfully … Continue Reading

Employers Beware: NLRB Remedies Likely to Be More Expansive Moving Forward

By Christian White, Carlos Torrejon and Todd Dawson on August 17, 2022 Posted in NLRB

For the first time in over three decades, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has ordered an employer to reimburse employees for wages they lost while attending negotiation sessions on behalf of the union. Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. d/b/a KOIN-TV, 371 NLRB No. 118 (2022). The Board found that the employer involved in the … Continue Reading

NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Outlaw Employer Use of Captive Audience Meetings

By Todd Dawson, Christian White and Carlos Torrejon on April 11, 2022 Posted in NLRB

On April 7, 2022, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued what may be her most pro-union directive to date – and that’s saying something. In GC Memorandum 22-04, Abruzzo announced her intention to seek a ban on employer mandatory meetings during union organizing campaigns, commonly referred to as “captive audience meetings.” … Continue Reading

Staying the Course … for Now

By Todd Dawson and Christian White on March 3, 2022 Posted in NLRB

National Labor Relations Board Confirms Presumption that Single-Store Units Are Appropriate The National Labor Relations Board (Board) recently confirmed that single-store bargaining units are presumed to be appropriate. Starbucks Corp., 371 N.L.R.B. No. 71 (Feb. 23, 2022). The union involved in the case petitioned to represent a unit of Starbucks employees who worked at a … Continue Reading