Tag: National Labor Relations Board

"Among a lot of labor issues, think we have got a shot at this in the Senate." (iStock)

Chamber predicts bipartisan Congress overturns joint employer doctrine

Sean Higgins · August 31, 2017 8:57 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)

Trump close on pick to lead NLRB

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2017 9:48 pm

Google just didn't want the bad publicity of having someone with such ideas on their payroll. (iStock by Getty Images)

Fired Google engineer James Damore may have NLRB case

Sean Higgins · August 11, 2017 9:56 pm

In a closely watched vote, Nissan workers at a Canton, Miss., plant rejected the United Auto Workers by a 2-to-1 margin in an organizing vote concluded late Friday, dealing a major blow to the union's hopes to make inroads in the south. The vote was 2,244 to 1,307. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Nissan workers reject union by nearly a 2-1 margin

Sean Higgins · August 5, 2017 1:23 pm

In the CNN case, the board argued that the company exerted enough control over Team Video Services, a staffing agency, that it became a joint employer.

Court gives CNN win in labor dispute

Sean Higgins · August 4, 2017 10:42 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)

Senate confirms Marvin Kaplan for NLRB

Sean Higgins · August 2, 2017 10:02 pm

The Senate on Wednesday morning moved forward on President Trump's pick of Marvin Kaplan to fill an open seat on the National Labor Relations Board. (Creative Commons photo)

Senate moves forward on controversial NLRB pick

Sean Higgins · August 2, 2017 4:16 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has said he hopes that "filling the open seats on the NLRB will restore the board to its intended purpose of acting as a neutral umpire after years of playing the role of advocate."

Sen. Lamar Alexander: Fill out the NLRB and restore its neutrality

Sen. Lamar Alexander · August 2, 2017 11:00 am

Lawmakers say move to change two federal laws would undermine workers' rights. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democrats slam bill to change worker protection laws

Sean Higgins · July 27, 2017 9:46 pm

"Federal labor policies should be focused on benefiting workers and helping small businesses grow instead of creating barriers that limit opportunity," said Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers push to rein in worker-protection lawsuits against companies

Sean Higgins · July 27, 2017 3:31 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)

Lawmakers plan broad assault on ‘joint employer’ doctrine

Sean Higgins · July 25, 2017 10:16 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., wrote to Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday asking whether the White House had ever spoken with its nominees for the National Labor Relations Board about the board's "joint employer" doctrine. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Patty Murray presses Pence on NLRB picks

Sean Higgins · July 20, 2017 4:17 pm