Posts tagged decertification
New Seasons workers at store on Woodstock dump union
September 10, 2025 // Workers at the Woodstock New Seasons Market store voted to go non-union in a 33-33 vote tallied Aug. 20. The store at 4500 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, had been the third location of the upscale grocer to join New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU) when workers unionized in December 2022.
Walking Dead Production Driver Defends Victory over Teamsters for Unlawful Discrimination in Rigged “Hiring Hall”
September 2, 2025 // Virginia-based driver asks National Labor Relations Board to order notification and compensation of other victims of Teamsters’ discriminatory scheme
Hundreds of Lufthansa Technicians at Rafael Hernandez International Airport Secure Vote to Remove IAM Union
August 13, 2025 // Majority of technicians signed petition demanding union ouster vote; IAM officials used allegations against employer in unsuccessful attempt to block vote
Will Sussman: Columbia Students Should Decertify Their Union
August 5, 2025 // Columbia students are fed up with their union’s focus on radicalism over bread-and-butter issues. “As a Jewish Israeli student at Columbia, the union has done absolutely nothing for me,” said Alon Levin, a graduate student in electrical engineering. “I have heard more blatantly racist and discriminatory language from them than anything that would remotely resemble aiding me in, say, addressing my cost of living or my health insurance concerns.” The problem with graduate student unions is not limited to Columbia, as I learned at MIT.
Lessons from Other Trades in ‘Leaving the Union:’ What Sheet Metal and HVAC Can Learn
July 28, 2025 // The stories of Brian Head and Brandon Davis are extreme, but the underlying issues are common across the trades: high financial stakes, legal complexity, and the threat of union penalties make leaving the union a daunting proposition. For sheet metal and HVAC contractors – or any skilled tradesperson – understanding the process, the potential pitfalls, and the importance of documentation is essential before making any move. And as Semmens pointed out, workers have options for legal support if they feel their rights are being violated – but the process remains anything but simple.
Scott Vetoes Bill That Would Let Some Court Employees Unionize
June 10, 2025 // “The Judiciary has advised this change could have a negative impact on the effective management of courthouses and fear a workplace marked by divisiveness and angst were this bill to pass,” Scott wrote in his veto message regarding S.125. “At a time when our court system is managing a significant backlog, we should be focusing on improving efficiencies within the system.” In addition, the bill would make it harder for workers to kick out an existing union, which is done by what is known as a decertification vote. To schedule a vote today, 30 percent of a union’s members must sign a petition supporting the move. The bill would have raised that threshold to 50 percent plus one.
Chicago-Area Chemical Plant Worker Asks National Labor Board to End Policy Letting Union Bosses Trap Workers in Unions
May 9, 2025 // Employees submitted valid petition requesting vote to remove Teamsters union, but union bosses manipulated unproven charges against employer to block vote
Supreme Court Declines to Revisit NLRB Deference Post-Loper Bright
March 28, 2025 // In declining to review the underlying Ninth Circuit decision issued on February 20, 2024, the Supreme Court let stand the court’s ruling that upheld the NLRB’s finding that an employer cannot unilaterally cease union dues checkoff after a collective bargaining agreement expires (discussed here). The Ninth Circuit’s decision was predicated on the Chevron standard, which requires deference to the Board’s interpretation of an ambiguous provision of the NLRA – like dues checkoff – if the Board’s interpretation “is rational and consistent with the Act.” The Supreme Court gave no rationale for declining review. Interestingly, this denial of certiorari stands in stark contrast to the Supreme Court’s decision in December 2024 to vacate and remand a D.C. Circuit opinion that upheld a Board ruling on the successor-bar doctrine, where the high court gave specific instructions to review that ruling “for further consideration in light of” Loper Bright, which we covered here.
Bus Driver Asks National Labor Relations Board to Overturn “Merger Doctrine” Used by Union Bosses to Block Worker-Requested Votes
February 19, 2025 // Because employees are suddenly part of a much larger and frequently geographically-dispersed “bargaining unit” with workers they have never met and likely don’t even know the names of, once “merged” it becomes effectively impossible for employees to ever reach the 30% threshold of signatures needed to trigger decertificiation or deauthorization elections
Hundreds of Northern Ohio Workers Vote Against Teamsters Union Boss Control
December 13, 2024 // However, in both cases regional NLRB officials tossed the union objections and certified the workers’ votes. Barring an attempt by Teamsters Local 20 officials to file a Request for Review to the NLRB in Washington, DC, within the next few days, both the Omnisource and Frito-Lay employees – over 430 in total – will have cut all ties with the Teamsters unions. Because Ohio lacks Right to Work protections for its private sector workers, Teamsters officials enforced contracts that required Hinkle, Caughhorn, and their colleagues to pay union dues or fees as a condition of keeping their jobs.