Union persuader rule unfair, should be nullified, groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2016
Two organizations with senior living representation are calling for the nullification of a recently passed labor rule that requires employers to disclose their use of anti-union “persuaders.”
Americans’ favorable feelings toward unions hits highest point since 1965
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 06, 2022
After witnessing a surge in union activity among long-term care workers this summer, operators may not be surprised to learn that Americans’ support of labor unions has hit its highest point since 1965.
What you need to know about the Democratic platform
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2016
The Democratic National Convention ratified the party platform late Monday in Philadelphia. We’ve highlighted topics in the 55-page document that will be of particular interest to those working in...
Aug. 11 is deadline to comment on rescission of ‘persuader’ rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2017
Aug. 11 is the deadline for interested parties to comment on a proposed rule that would rescind the Obama-era “persuader rule” that required employers to publicly report all union-related communication...
Comments open on overtime proposal, update issued on joint-employer proposal
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 25, 2019
May 21 is the deadline to submit comments about the Labor Department’s proposed overtime pay rule, the department announced Friday, the same day National Labor Relations Board Chairman John Ring released...
Court sets date to begin hearing arguments against ‘joint employer’ change
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 29, 2017
Oral arguments have been scheduled to begin March 9 as Browning-Ferris Industries looks to overturn a 2015 decision by the National Labor Relations Board that changed the standard for determining joint...
Employers usually can’t prohibit union-related clothing, NLRB says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 31, 2022
Employers cannot prohibit workers from wearing union-related apparel or logos on their clothing “absent special circumstances that justify such a restriction,” the National Labor Relations Board ruled...
LTC unions urge CDC to revise masking guidance for vaccinated individuals to protect workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 21, 2021
Unions representing registered nurses and others who work in long-term care are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reconsider its May 13 guidance on mask-wearing and social distancing...
A federal judge Wednesday issued a permanent injunction preventing the Labor Department from requiring employers to publicly report all union-related communication with attorneys, as well as information...
NLRB’s new ‘joint employer’ rule to go into effect April 27
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2020
The National Labor Relations Board is issuing its “joint employer” final rule today, reverting to the standard that the board used for several decades before the the 2015 decision in the case Browning-Ferris...