Supreme Court to Hear NLRB Recess Appointments Case
On Monday, June 24th, the Supreme Court announced that it would consider a case challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)....
View ArticleAnother Court Strikes Down NLRB Recess Appointments
For the third time in 2013, a federal appeals court has ruled that President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional. The court found that the framers of...
View ArticleNLRB Appointments Part of Senate Filibuster Negotiations
President Obama’s controversial nominees for the National Labor Relations Board have been a part of negotiations between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate. Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid...
View ArticleSenate Confirms NLRB Nominees
On Tuesday, July 30th, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). This will be the first time since 2007 that the NLRB will have its full complement of...
View ArticleNLRB Poster Rule Officially Dead
The National Labor Relations Board issued a press release on January 6th stating that it does not intend to appeal two court decisions that invalidated the Board’s requirement that employers display a...
View ArticleNLRB Reissues “Ambush” Election Proposed Rule
This morning the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) containing proposed changes to the rules governing union representation elections. The NLRB press...
View ArticleIARW Joins Coalition Comments on NLRB “Ambush Election” Rule
IARW cosigned comments filed by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) regarding unfair rules proposed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Among the Board’s potential regulatory...
View ArticleNLRB Issues Final “Ambush Elections” Rule
On December 12th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule governing union election procedures commonly referred to as its “ambush elections” rule. The NLRB has issued the rule...
View ArticleCongressional Leaders Author Resolution to Stop NLRB Ambush Election Rule
On February 9th, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and Senator Mike Enzi...
View ArticleObama Vetoes Resolution Invalidating NLRB Ambush Election Rule
On Tuesday, March 31st, President Obama vetoed a resolution passed by Congress that would nullify a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule targeted at shortening the union election process. The...
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