Board Rules Captive-Audience Meetings Unlawful | National Labor ...
4 days ago · Today, the Board issued a decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, ruling that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act by requiring employees under threat of discipline or discharge to attend meetings in which the employer expresses its views on unionization. Overruling Babcock & Wilcox Co., 77 NLRB 577 (1948), the Board explained that such meetings—commonly known as captive ...
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Labor Board Chief Says Time in Office Is ‘Out of My Hands’ (1)
3 days ago · A National Labor Relations Board member signaled that Chair Lauren McFerran will likely leave the agency in December, which would clear the way for a Republican board majority early in the Trump administration. McFerran’s appearance at the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Conference in New York will “probably” be her ...
Labor board rules Amazon can't require employees to attend anti …
3 days ago · Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The National Labor Relations Board has ruled it is illegal to force union-backing employees to attend meetings held by their companies that are designed to undermine support and ...
Trump’s Chance to Alter Labor Law Turns on NLRB Chair’s Tenure
Nov 8, 2024 · But confirming McFerran to a third term could spark the Trump administration to take the unprecedented step of violating the National Labor Relations Act’s removal protections for board members and firing members without cause, labor law observers said. “What if the president becomes so enraged, and others become so enraged, that they say ...
Amazon, SpaceX Take Assaults on Labor Board to Fifth Circuit
2 days ago · Amazon.com Inc. and SpaceX will try to convince a federal appeals court that elements of the National Labor Relations Board violate the Constitution, potentially creating legal issues that would be difficult for the US Supreme Court to ignore. The two companies—founded by the world’s two richest men —will each square off against the New ...
Amazon, SpaceX will test US labor board's powers at conservative ...
2 days ago · By Daniel Wiessner. (Reuters) - A U.S. labor board whose enforcement powers are being challenged in a series of lawsuits is set to defend itself from attacks by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Amazon.com ...
National Labor Relations Board Bans Captive Audience Meetings
2 days ago · Facebook. X. Send. Embed. On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a landmark decision in the case of Amazon Services LLC, banning so-called “captive audience ...
Union Petitions Up 35%, Unfair Labor Practices Charge Filings Up …
Apr 9, 2024 · The NLRB conducts hundreds of workplace elections and investigates thousands of unfair labor practice charges each year. During the first six months of Fiscal Year 2024 (October 1–March 31), union election petitions filed at NLRB field offices rose 35% over the same period in Fiscal Year 2023.
Amazon, SpaceX to test U.S. labour board’s powers at …
2 days ago · The Amazon and SpaceX cases being heard by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday are among the first of more than two dozen similar lawsuits – which claim the NLRB ...