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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month was no exception. In fact, there were so many significant developments taking place during the past month that we were once again forced to expand our monthly summary well beyond the typical “Top 10” list...

ADVERTISEMENT “No president has ever taken such action in recent memory,” said Burr, the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, at last week’s confirmation hearing for Marty Walsh Presidents traditionally let the NLRB general counsel finish out their term. Former President Trump An NLRB general counsel hasn’t been asked to resign since 1950, when President Truman asked for the resignation of Robert Denham because of an anti-union bill. Denham resig...

Right to Work Group Demands Documents on Firing of Labor Panel’s Top Lawyers National Right to Work Foundation (NRTWF) officials are demanding copies of all documents related to President Joe Biden’s unprecedented firing of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) two top lawyers. The lawyers were NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb and his deputy, Alice Stock, who briefly replaced her former boss; they were both subsequently replaced on an acting basis by Biden’s selection of Peter Ohr....

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The first few weeks in the Biden administration have been nothing short of busy. At the National Labor Relations Board (Board), it seems like there has been no time to waste in prioritizing items on the administration’s agenda.  Only hours after being sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2021, President Biden took unprecedented action and fired Trump-appointed General Counsel Peter Robb. Former General Counsel Robb was reportedly offered ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As anticipated Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr took no time to rescind a significant number of General Counsel Memoranda issued by former General Counsel Peter Robb during the Trump Administration. In a February 1, 2021, Memorandum (GC 21-02), Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr reiterated the purpose of the National Labor Relations Act stating, “[s]ection 1 of the Act makes clear that the policy of the United States is to e...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Congress Sees Its Shadow. It was Groundhog Day this past week, and it sure feels like we have been living the same day over and over again with the way that the parties in Congress can’t agree on an economic stimulus package. Democrats are moving forward, however, and this week they began advancing their economic package using “budget reconciliation,” a parliamentary process that avoids a filibuster and requires only 51 votes in...

The National Labor Relations Board's new acting prosecutor is moving to end high-profile litigation that former general counsel Peter Robb filed to block unions from deploying inflatable rats and erecting large banners in some protests.

The mis-named Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) was reintroduced in the U.S. Congress on February 4, 2021. The PRO Act, which originally was introduced in 2019 and passed...

Last week, recently appointed acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Peter Ohr withdrew 10 separate guidance memos that were issued by his predecessor Peter...

Friday, February 5, 2021 Congress Sees Its Shadow. It was Groundhog Day this past week, and it sure feels like we have been living the same day over and over again with the way that the parties in Congress can’t agree on an economic stimulus package. Democrats are moving forward, however, and this week they began advancing their economic package using “budget reconciliation,” a parliamentary process that avoids a filibuster and requires only 51 votes in the U.S. Senate to pass ...