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Friday, February 19, 2021 The Biden administration has made some early moves that strongly suggest it intends significant changes from the five-member National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that manufacturers should watch closely. Currently, the board consist of three Republican members and one Democratic member. The administration replaced Republican board member John Ring as the chairman of the NLRB with member Lauren McFerran. (He remains a sitting member until December 16, 2022.) McFerran is the sole Democratic member on the NLRB. In addition, a vacant seat on the board gives Pre...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Handbook-CBA Conflicts Didn't Subvert Union, NLRB Says Law360 (February 18, 2021, 4:59 PM EST) -- A hazardous waste disposal company did not violate federal labor law by giving unionized workers an employee handbook laying out policies that conflicted with their collective bargaining agreement, a split National Labor Relations Board panel said. Stericycle Inc. did not illegally undermine Teamsters Local 628 under board precedent because the handbook issued to workers at a unionized facility in Pennsylvania did not alter their job terms, board members Bill Emanuel ...

Morgan Lewis lawyers – high-paid union-busting thugs By Betsey Piette posted on February 16, 2021 In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bosses hired Pinkerton Agency goon squads to infiltrate unions, break strikes and intimidate workers who were trying to organize. Graphic: supportamazonworkers.org Today’s hired union-busting thugs are more likely to be high-paid lawyers tasked with turning labor laws — intended to protect workers — into weapons against union organizing. In the 21st century, bosses pay an estimated $340 million a year to a handful of law firms to do the dirty ...

Friday, February 12, 2021 With the ushering in of a new administration, several changes have quickly taken place at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Within hours of taking office, the Biden administration removed Trump appointee NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb and replaced him with interim General Counsel Peter Ohr.  (Ohr may only serve as acting General Counsel for 40 days, per the National Labor Relations Act, unless the administration submits a nomination to the Senate.)  At least one employer has already sought the dismissal of an unfair labor practice charge arguing...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Biden-Harris Administration changes in labor and employment laws, regulations and executive orders of course cannot be predicted with certainty. But significant actions already have occurred and there are indications suggesting numerous probabilities to come. On January 21, President Biden signed an executive order calling on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), within two weeks, among other things, to release revised guidance on COVID-19 safety for workers and consider whether an emergency temporary standard on...