On December 13, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a request for information in the Federal Register seeking public comments on the agency’s existing union representation election rules. The NLRB last changed these rules in December 2014 to establish what many refer to as “quickie elections”. At that time, the NLRB had a … Read more
The New York Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) administers the Taylor Law, which extends collective bargaining rights to public employees in the state. The Taylor Law created PERB with its enactment in 1967. Since July 2010, PERB has also administered the New York State Employment Relations Act, which governs collective bargaining for private employers in … Read more
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