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    Festive NLRB Provides Holiday Gifts to Unions/Employees

    December 16, 2022 // It has been clear for some time that the Board and General Counsel are doing their part to encourage, cultivate, and increase union density in the privatized workforce.

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    Key union organizing tactic backed by U.S. labor board

    December 16, 2022 // NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran, a Democrat, said in a statement that the decision ensures that workers fully enjoy the freedom to associate with unions protected by federal law. The board's two Republican members, Marvin Kaplan and John Ring, said in a dissenting opinion that the decision improperly favors unions while ignoring whether bargaining units "will facilitate efficient and stable collective bargaining."

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    Unions, Dems urge lower bar to unionize small groups of workers

    January 24, 2022 // Targeting smaller groups of workers can be a key organizing strategy when unions do not have the support of a company's entire workforce.

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