Posts tagged NLRB
Hundreds of Nurses at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital File Petition Demanding Election to Oust Teamsters
October 7, 2026 // Genesys Hospital nurse Kristen Cox, who is spearheading the nurses’ effort, submitted a “decertification” petition with the NLRB, with free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, backed by the signatures of 264 nurses, which amounts to nearly 70% of the 385 nurses currently working at the hospital. Teamsters Local 332 officials launched a strike at Genesys Hospital on Labor Day 2025, and more than a year later, the strike remains unresolved. What is certain, however, is that the overwhelming number of nurses working at the hospital no longer want to be represented by Teamsters Local 332.
Alamo Drafthouse workers vote to unionize at the City Foundry in St. Louis
October 6, 2026 // They are asking for more advance scheduling, tip transparency, changes to the new QR code ordering system, more consistent communication from the company and a seat at the table in decisions made by ownership.
Port Worker Files Brief at U.S. Court of Appeals Defending Labor Board Victory Over Years-Long Union Boss Discrimination
October 5, 2026 // The case started when Fowler, who worked at the Port of Wilmington in Delaware, filed an unfair labor practice charge at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in August, 2021. Fowler argued that he had been illegally blacklisted by International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) Local 1694 union officials after voicing concerns to the ILA International about work assignment practices after a merger of several ILA locals.
Unionization Push for New York Caregivers Faces Early Challenge at Labor Board
October 5, 2026 // A bid to organize roughly 190,000 workers in New York's consumer-directed home care program is already drawing opposition, with critics arguing the state's sole fiscal intermediary is not the caregivers' true employer.
Tulane University employees file petition to unionize for better pay and working conditions
October 5, 2026 // Staff members at Tulane University told leadership Wednesday that they plan to form a union as they push for better pay and working conditions, following recent unionization efforts by Tulane faculty and librarians. University officials declined to voluntarily recognize the union after several staffers hand delivered a letter to Tulane President Michael Fitts Wednesday afternoon informing him of their intent to unionize. In response, the group filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, kicking off the process of holding a union election.
For decades, labor unions had a free pass to spew racial slurs. It just ended
October 2, 2026 // Sept. 23, the NLRB closed this loophole and gave workers the full protection they deserve. Employers can now consistently discipline harassing and offensive conduct. Workers across America have been waiting for this day for years. It’s hard to overstate the level of injustice that workers have faced. The NLRB has given unions a green light to use some of the most offensive language imaginable. In one recent unionization campaign, a picketing worker called a colleague a “crack ho” and “queen of the slums,” among other sexist insults. The employer understandably fired the employee for “bullying, cursing at, and defaming a female co-worker.” But the NLRB ordered the employer to rehire the worker who verbally attacked his colleague, saying the language was legally protected.
Vinnie Vernuccio: Labor reform finally has congressional momentum
September 30, 2026 // Those reforms will take time to pass, whereas ending racist or sexually harassing language in unionization campaigns should be easy to get across the finish line soon. Clearly, Congress is capable of rallying behind pro-worker labor reforms. The House’s bipartisan passage of the Ending Predator Access to Union Power Act proves it, and hopefully it will clear the Senate soon.
86-Year-Old Veteran Files Federal Charges Against UFCW Union for Causing his Illegal Firing from Part-Time Grocery Job
September 30, 2026 // With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation, an 86-year-old veteran who worked part-time at Village Market in Oakland has filed federal charges at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 (UFCW) union. The charge says UFCW 5 union officials illegally had Phil Holland fired in early September claiming he owed thousands of dollars in back dues and fees. Holland, a Navy veteran with 30 years’ of experience in law enforcement, who also works part-time as a YMCA fitness instructor, was hired by the Village Market grocery store that he shopped at for 30 years in February of 2022 after he noticed a “help wanted” sign in the window. During his first four years of employment, UFCW Local 5 union officials never contacted him, never asked him to pay union dues or fees, and never notified him of his legal rights under the 1988 Foundation-won CWA v. Beck Supreme Court decision, which protects employees from being required to pay full union dues for activities unrelated to union bargaining like union-boss political activism.
Opinion: The Postal Service is Drowning the NLRB
September 30, 2026 // Around 15 percent of all ULP charges brought against employers are brought against the USPS. Around 23 percent of all ULP charges brought against unions are brought against the postal unions. The charges brought against the postal unions are generally individuals alleging that their union violated the duty of fair representation (DFR). Most of these charges appear to be without merit, as less than 15 percent of them result in some kind of remedy, whether a formal remedy from the Board or an adjusted dismissal/withdrawal. This is pretty typical of DFR charges across the country. What usually happens is an individual worker tries to pursue a grievance, the union decides the grievance is no good and opts not to pursue it, and the individual worker files a meritless DFR charge against the union.
Labor Board Dumps Biden-Era Framework for Offensive Conduct
September 29, 2026 // The decision hands employers a major win by effectively wiping the controversial Lion Elastomers ruling off the books and reinstating General Motors’ more employer-friendly framework for deciding when worker language or conduct is so egregious that it loses the protection of the National Labor Relations Act. It shows the impact of new member James Macy giving the Republican majority the third member it needed to change board law. General Motors calls for the well-worn Wright Line standard, frequently used to determine whether a worker’s rights have been violated, to be the test for analyzing worker outbursts during activities otherwise shielded by the NLRA.