New Orleans Where the new rule making by the NLRB on elections offers potentially significant advantages would seem to be on larger units, if unions are willing to marshal the will and resources to go big. The average representation petition for years has been relatively small, usually less than 50 workers. This battle to rebuild …
Month: June 2011
NLRB New Rules: Quicker Elections, More Hearings, Longer Cert Delays
New Orleans The NLRB has announced a new rule-making procedure on representation elections. Labor will try to paint lipstick on this pig, and business and their political friends will claim this is the end of the world as they know it, but in truth unions know this is not what they had wanted or hoped …
Lower Remittance Fees Now!
Ottawa In the final event of the first ACORN Canada Convention members gathered in front of the National Bank of Canada, assembling to raise the demand to lower bank and money transfer fees for remittances. With Parliament looming over them car after car honked in support of lower bank fees. Hardly a struggling immigrant driving …