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The National Labor Relations Board could reverse a 2019 decision holding that honest, albeit mistaken, classification decisions and announcements to employees do not violate the National Labor Relations Act NLRA.
Late last week, the National Labor Relations Board last week issued a Complaint and Notice of Hearing that could, if successful, make the act of misclassifying workers as independent...
Americaâs Lack of Paid Time Off Hurting Vaccine Rollout As vaccines lag nationwide, employers and local governments are offering paid time off to boost jabs. But some workers are still slipping through the cracks. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo Farmworker Francisco Quintana receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a Santa Clara County mobile clinic at Monterey Mushrooms, an agricultural employer, March 3, 2021, in Morgan Hill, California. As the director of the local health department in Oak Park, Illinois, Dr. Theresa Chapple does a little bit of everything. Reports of menacing wildlife, restaurant inspectio...
Truck drivers joined by dock workers in protests at the Port of Los Angeles Truck drivers organized under the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union staged limited actions and pickets this past week at the Port of Los Angeles to demand the rehiring of workers fired in December 2019 and an end to the classification of drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Los Angeles port drivers on strike (Twitter/@Teamsters) For just one hour on Wednesday, truck drivers were joined by several dozen dock workers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) to halt traffic...
By City News Service Apr 14, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Dockworkers stopped servicing trucks owned by Universal Logistics Holdings at a Port of Los Angeles terminal today in solidarity with truck drivers who went on strike Monday against the company. Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union joined the action by the Teamsters, who say some drivers were fired after voting to form a union. Phillip Sanfield of the Port of Los Angeles told City News Services that one of the port's seven terminals had “minimal to moderate traffic disruption'' by the workers who are “not servici...