In January of last year, we noted that the U.S. Supreme Court was poised to end compulsory union dues for California teachers and other public employees. Then in February
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Judicial Hostility to Employment Arbitration Flares up in 9th Circuit
When you draft employment arbitration agreements, it’s not enough to know what the law is. You should also know what the law will be at the time that someone challenges
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Unions Breathe Big Sigh of Relief Over Compulsory Dues
Public employee unions dodged a bulldozer yesterday when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it had deadlocked 4 to 4 in Freidrichs v. California Teachers Ass’n, the case challenging
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Supreme Court Poised To End Compulsory Union Dues For California Teachers
Almost 40 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education ruled that states could require public employees to pay union dues. The Court, however, now
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Finally Some Good News From the Labor Board
At least some good has come out of the Supreme Court’s finding that President Obama’s recess appointments were invalid in Noel Canning. By virtue of the Supreme Court’s decision,
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NLRB Orders Reinstatement of Employee Who Made Racist Statements
When Cooper Tire & Rubber Company brought in replacement workers during a lockout, picketing strikers shouted a range of obscenities. The NLRB’s tolerance of obscenities in this context is well
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NLRB Continues Protecting the Rights of Pottymouths
Warning: This post contains words that you used to not be able to say on TV.
The NLRB believes that vulgarity in connection with organizing campaigns is A-OK. As reported
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NLRB Says Employer Email Can Be Used for Organizing
In keeping with its clear pro-union agenda, late last year, the NLRB overruled its past precedent and held that employers who grant employees access to their email systems must now
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Top 10 Things for California Employers to Do in 2015
Every employer in California needs legal help at some point. The laws are too complex and the penalties too severe for employers
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NLRB Alters Post-Arbitral Deferral Standards
On December 15, 2014, in a split decision along party lines, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) in Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc., overruled 30 year-old precedent that
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