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7 May 2012, 5:54 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Trumka: AFL-CIO Establishing 'Permanent Campaign Structure'" -- National Journal After several years of deep disappointments, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said America’s largest labor organization is shifting away from blanket campaign spending on Democrats to target “friends,” including President Obama. [read post]
3 May 2012, 6:44 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Watchdog claims more evidence of leaks by labor board member" -- The Hill The inspector general for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) claims to have uncovered more evidence that a Republican member leaked confidential information. [read post]
2 May 2012, 4:32 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Business groups form coalition against labor rulings" -- GoDanRiver.com Business organizations including the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and Virginia Retail Merchants Association said Monday they have formed a coalition to oppose several National Labor Relations Board regulations and proposals affecting labor union activities. [read post]
1 May 2012, 3:38 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"NLRB GC Lafe Solomon Holds Forth at NYC Event" -- Law.com Lafe Solomon has done for the National Labor Relations Board what Tiger Woods did for golf (and later for a certain brand of marital infidelity): he got people to start paying attention. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 5:36 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Judge Won't Halt NLRB's New 'Ambush Election' Rule" -- Law360 (paid) The National Labor Relations Board's controversial new regulation aimed at streamlining the union election process is scheduled to go into effect on Monday after business groups failed over the weekend to secure a stay temporarily halting implemenation of the rule. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 4:38 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Big Labor’s big moment" -- Politico For years Big Labor has been looking small, but it doesn’t feel that way now. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 5:06 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Labor Board Meets Rising Resistance" -- Wall Street Journal (paid) Resistance to new National Labor Relations Board regulations and to the legitimacy of some NLRB members could make it harder for the Obama administration to change federal labor policies. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 3:49 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Senate debates curb on NLRB" -- Washington Times The National Labor Relations Board as a political hot potato shows no signs of cooling off anytime soon. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 5:34 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Obama's Renegade NLRB Is Disrupting the Recovery" -- U.S. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 5:31 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Daniels talks unions to local Republicans as thousands protest outside" -- The Daily Illini Indiana Gov. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 3:23 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Occupy movement turning to shareholder meetings" -- Chicago Tribune Looking to build on the Occupy Wall Street movement, activists say they're turning to corporate shareholder meetings this spring to vent their anger over economic disparity in the United States and to promote an assortment of other causes. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 4:35 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"GOP senators sue Obama over sham labor board nominees" -- Washington Examiner In a double-barrelled blast at President Obama, Senate Republicans today moved to join a lawsuit challenging the White House’s Christmas “recess appointment” of National Labor Relations Board members even though the Senate was technically in session. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 3:40 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"American Air boss speaks softly, carries stick" -- Reuters AMR Corp (AAMRQ.PK) Chief Executive Tom Horton may have a soft-spoken demeanor, but people who know him say he has a backbone of steel and will not flinch if he has to cut thousands of jobs to save the bankrupt American Airlines. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 5:29 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Judge: Gov't cannot require union posters at work" -- Bloomberg Businessweek A federal judge ruled Friday that the National Labor Relations Board cannot require millions of private employers to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union. [read post]
13 Apr 2012, 4:33 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Solis Emphasizes Strength in Unity; Union Leaders Tie Labor Rights to Civil Rights" -- Bloomberg BNA (paid) Labor Secretary Hilda Solis April 12 spoke of the strength that the civil rights and labor rights communities gain by working together in her address to the National Action Network's annual convention. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 7:16 pm by Brennan W. Bolt
"Labor movement risks its political clout with campaign to recall Wisconsin Gov. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 3:54 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Labor leaders to visit Bloomie's" -- Crain's New York Business Look out, shoppers. [read post]
10 Apr 2012, 7:23 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Ore. teamsters guilty of unfair labor practice" -- LegalNewsline.com An Oregon school bus driver has won his case against a labor union that allegedly violated his rights. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 4:35 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"AT&T Employees Continue To Work Despite Expired Labor Deal" -- Huffington Post More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 5:44 am by Brennan W. Bolt
"Obama JOBS Act Leaves Labor Fuming In Democratic Feud" -- Huffington Post President Barack Obama will sign the JOBS Act into law Thursday, clinching a rare and hard-fought bipartisan victory for his presidency. [read post]