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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (“PRO”) Act, which would make sweeping union-friendly changes to the three primary federal laws that govern private-sector labor relations: the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), the Labor Management Relations Act, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. The bill will now head to the Senate for a vote and, if it becomes law (which is highly unlikely to happen, as explained below), would drastically alter the landscape of traditional labor law. For example, the PRO Act would:
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When it comes to fellowship and collective bargaining it looks like “fellows” aren’t treated the same as their permanent status co-workers. In
Phoenix News Times, LLC and The Newsguild–CWA, 370 NLRB No. 84 (Feb. 10, 2021), the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board” or “NLRB”) found that workers employed at a Phoenix newspaper in a fellowship program of finite duration were temporary workers who could not be included in a bargaining unit.
Phoenix News and the Fellows
The Employer Phoenix News Times (the “Employer” or “Phoenix News”) is a news organization. The owner of the Employer maintains a fellowship program to which journalism students and/or recent graduates can apply, and selected candidates (the “Fellows”) are assigned to one of the organization’s six publications. Phoenix News employs the Fellows through that program.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
When it comes to fellowship and collective bargaining it looks like “fellows” aren’t treated the same as their permanent status co-workers. In
Phoenix News Times, LLC and The Newsguild–CWA, 370 NLRB No. 84 (Feb. 10, 2021), the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board” or “NLRB”) found that workers employed at a Phoenix newspaper in a fellowship program of finite duration were temporary workers who could not be included in a bargaining unit.
Phoenix News and the Fellows
The Employer Phoenix News Times (the “Employer” or “Phoenix News”) is a news organization. The owner of the Employer maintains a fellowship program to which journalism students and/or recent graduates can apply, and selected candidates (the “Fellows”) are assigned to one of the organization’s six publications. Phoenix News employs the Fellows through that program.