Posts tagged NLRB
House Committee Debates NLRB’s Fairness and Transparency
June 18, 2025 // Also at issue was how workers vote for or against unionization. When workers select a union, said Vincent Vernuccio, president of the Institute for the American Worker, they should be allowed to make that choice “securely and privately” and “without intimidation or coercion.” He cited the “true language” of the NLRA that says a “union must be chosen by the majority of all the employees in a unit.” Vernuccio advocated for the use of secret-ballot elections in place of card check, an organizing method in which a union gathers worker signatures.
Federal government reverses course on Florida union law, appeals court holds lawsuit
June 16, 2025 // An appeals court Tuesday put on hold a lawsuit that Florida filed against the federal government, after the Trump administration reversed course on a controversial 2023 state law that placed restrictions on public-employee unions. The law included a series of restrictions, including preventing most public employees from having dues deducted from their paychecks and requiring unions to be recertified as bargaining agents if fewer than 60% of eligible employees pay dues. The lawsuit deals with interplay between the state law (SB 256) and a longstanding federal law designed to ensure that transit workers’ collective-bargaining rights are protected before federal transit money is provided to local agencies.
Holy Family Hospital’s Allied Health Professionals Consider Union
June 12, 2025 // Markman said the hospital’s human resources department sent a flier to those eligible to vote seeking to undermine the unionizing campaign. The flier, “Collective Bargaining Union Promises vs. the Facts,” says that unions make promises they have no power to enforce. “Under a union contract, you could end of with the same, more or less than you have now,” it reads. Markman said the nurses union is evaluating whether the flier rises to the level of an unfair labor practice. In the meantime, the union countered with its own flier.
Garden State Equality staff move to unionize
June 12, 2025 // Initially, GSE had chosen not to recognize them, according to @gseworkersunited on Instagram, and created a community petition on May 10th to sway management to reconsider their decision. On May 15, @gseworkersunited posted, “Two dozen organizations and more than 50 individuals signed a petition urging management to voluntarily recognize our union … Unfortunately, management did not listen to our community and refused to consider the petition.” According to GSE Deputy Director Brielle Winslow-Majette, GSE leadership never denied the request for voluntary recognition, but wanted to move forward with an election process due to the union’s decision to file with the NLRB.
Hearing Recap: “Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB” | Committee on Education & the Workforce
June 12, 2025 // Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) asked Mr. F. Vincent Vernuccio, President of the Institute for the American Worker about the impact of using card check rather than secret ballots during union elections. “Card check is absolutely inferior to a secret ballot election,” said Mr. Vernuccio. “The secret ballot gives [these] workers the opportunity to have a private vote where they can reflect on unionization, where there is not intimidation, where there is not coercion, and make that choice.”
Federal labor board demands Washington Post rehire reporter fired over social media attacks
June 11, 2025 // "To put it bluntly, Respondent just got sick of Sonmez’s Twitter activity criticizing the Post’s and its policies, as well as its implementation—or lack thereof—of those policies. In response, Respondent decided to bypass its progressive discipline system and fire her because of those criticisms," NLRB prosecutors said.
Oregon Won’t Enforce LPA Requirement After Law Declared Illegal – Similar Laws in Other States Are Also Ripe for Challenge
June 10, 2025 // While several other states (such as Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island) have LPA requirements, this ruling applies only to the Oregon law. Similar laws in other states are also ripe for challenge, and challenges are underway in some other states. Some industry players, however, have shied away from contesting the laws because of a desire not to upset the regulators upon whose good will they need to operate.
Misread: How Legal Authorities Allowed Tyranny of the Minority to Subvert Worker Enfranchisement
June 10, 2025 // It is time to bring worker enfranchisement to unions across the country. In a new report co-published by Institute for the American Worker and Mackinac Center, author Steve Delie outlines how union organizing should be held to a higher threshold, requiring unions to win a majority of all employees at a job site or, at a minimum, require a quorum of those workers to vote in order to organize them. Delie shows the current majority of votes approach is contrary to the plain language of the National Labor Relations Act, the federal law that governs private sector unions. The NLRA clearly requires a “majority of the employees in a unit” to certify a union.
Strike averted at N.J. hospital as nurses agree to contract
June 10, 2025 // If an agreement wasn’t reached, the nurses were slated to walk off the job Monday. The union had informed the hospital of the planned strike on May 29, under a National Labor Relations Board requirement that prohibits strikes at health care facilities without at least 10 days’ notice. Before Sunday’s deal, the union had charged Hackensack Meridian Health was resisting contractual language that would limit the number of patients nurses could be assigned. Hackensack Meridian Health countered that it had presented a proposal prioritizing safe staffing, but that the union refused to let its members vote on it.
Netflix Spy Kids Production Driver Demands Review From Federal Labor Board in Case Challenging Teamsters Discrimination
June 9, 2025 // Norris’ filing attacks Teamsters Local 657 union bosses’ “hiring hall” arrangement, in which they refer production drivers for jobs based on various “lists” that divide employees up by, among other things, member vs. nonmember status. Norris contends that prioritizing the hiring of union members over nonmembers is a form of discrimination that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) forbids. Evidence presented during trial showed that, using this arrangement, it was virtually impossible for a nonmember to he hired for a driver job before a member.