Keeping in mind that this is a management law blog, I’m obviously coming at this from the perspective of employers, not unions. And the short answer to this question is that most companies don’t want their employees to organize a union in their workplace. Fundamentally, unions tend to increase costs and reduce management flexibility. Here’s how … Read more
On June 27, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated William Emanuel to serve as a member of the National Labor Relations Board. Emanuel has spent more than 50 years practicing labor law at some of the largest law firms in the country. The President nominated Marvin Kaplan to the other open NLRB seat a week earlier. … Read more
On June 20, 2017, President Donald Trump named his first nominee for the National Labor Relations Board. Republican attorney Marvin Kaplan is currently counsel to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Kaplan’s nomination leaves one more vacancy on the NLRB. President Trump is expected to nominate private-practice labor attorney William J. Emanuel to … Read more