Pearl River I don’t know Matt Bruenig, but I know his work. He’s a labor lawyer who birddogs the proceedings, filings, and decisions of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). One of our organizers tipped me off about his newsletter the NLRB Edge, which I look at regularly, because it’s a fount of information. Because …
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How Safe is NLRB from Agency Disempowerment
Heerlen Late June, most schools are out, summer is here, and maybe for many there’s a minute to take a breath and smell the roses. One rock in the road of such relief and peace of mind at this time of year, especially these days, is that the reconfigured, hyper-conservative US Supreme Court casts …
Diluting the Promise and Threat of the 10j Injunction
Oshawa The Supreme Court somehow got all the votes behind a Clarence Thomas decision pushing back on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ability to request an injunction to remedy egregious unfair labor practices by an employer. Unfair labor practices in union organizing drives are ubiquitous. A Harvard professor’s study more than thirty years ago …