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Amazon workers attempt to organize may signal change in Labor’s standing. Biden moves signal new era for Labor? https://youtu.be/RTkWjyIYiVk We all felt it when Joe Biden won the election as President. The winds of change were blowing hard. The wind was now at the back of several groups that had had a strong wind blowing…
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) From Joe Biden’s signing of an Executive Order throttling the Keystone XL Pipeline and eliminating 11,000 direct jobs, to Biden’s questionable firing of National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) General Counsel Peter Robb, it is clear that a war on work, and who controls it, will be part of what defines this new administration. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation recently filed a Freedom of Information Act request for correspondence related to the firing of NRLB General Counsel Robb. Since the office was established in 1947, a General Couns...
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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...
Thursday, February 11, 2021 With President Biden charting a fundamentally different course in labor relations, employers should monitor developments taking place. In less than three weeks, Washington saw President Biden’s firing of National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Peter Robb, removal of Robb’s Deputy General Counsel Alice Stock, and appointment of Peter Sung Ohr as acting General Counsel (seen as a step to creating a more union-friendly NLRB). Mr. Ohr promptly announced rescission of 10 individual policy directives issued by his predecessor. On Februar...