Tag: National Labor Relations Board

Union members listen in as protesters fill the Kentucky Capitol rotunda to speak in protest of Kentucky House Bill 1 on Jan. 7 in Frankfort, Ky. The bill makes it illegal for workers to have to join a labor union or pay dues to keep a job. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Biggest change in labor policy next year could come from Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · December 24, 2017 5:01 am

Georgetown University students' effort to unionize has been backed by the American Teachers Federation, a national education union that has heavily supported Democrats in recent political elections. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Georgetown graduate students to file with National Labor Relations Board in unionization fight

John Patrick · December 16, 2017 5:01 am

On Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board stated that a business can be held liable for workplace law violations at another company only if it has "direct control" over the second businesses' workplace. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

NLRB rolls back ‘joint employer’ standard for business liability

Sean Higgins · December 14, 2017 11:13 pm

The five-member board said it would reopen the rule to public comment, the first step in officially rewriting it. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

NLRB moves to roll back rule giving workers’ contact information to unions

Sean Higgins · December 12, 2017 10:54 pm

UAW president Dennis Williams calls for Nissan auto workers to demand their rights during a speech before thousands gathered at a pro-union rally near Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant on March 4. The National Labor Relations Board on March 31 leveled new charges that Nissan Motor Co. and a contract worker agency at Nissan's Mississippi plant are violating workers' rights. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Democrats seek to hobble Republican-led labor board

Sean Higgins · December 12, 2017 5:01 am

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

New NLRB counsel pulls back on ‘joint employer’ rule

Sean Higgins · December 7, 2017 11:10 pm

The National Labor Relations Board's members are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, but it otherwise operates independently. The confirmation of business lawyer John Ring would ensure that the NLRB has a Republican-appointed majority through at least 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

White House close to picking new labor law enforcer

Sean Higgins · December 1, 2017 8:12 pm

The Save Local Business Act passed the House in a 242-181 vote, but its fate is uncertain in the Senate. (iStock)

House passes bill to limit ‘joint employer’ corporate liability

Sean Higgins · November 7, 2017 11:54 pm

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

Congress moves to reshape the NLRB

Sean Higgins · November 5, 2017 4:01 am

In addition to the list, the Senate took four days to confirm four top judicial nominees. (iStock)

Senate confirmation blitz includes 16 ambassadors, 11 other Trump appointees

Susan Ferrechio · November 2, 2017 11:07 pm

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

NLRB names interim replacement for General Counsel Richard Griffin

Sean Higgins · November 1, 2017 9:54 pm

The current stopgap budget measure that is funding the military and federal government is set to expire Dec. 8. (iStock)

Senate panel moves Labor Department, NLRB nominees

Sean Higgins · October 18, 2017 7:22 pm