Tag: National Labor Relations Board

"Collective bargaining is a win-win solution," said Labor Secretary Tom Perez. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Labor Dept. issues new pro-union rule for contractors

Sean Higgins · August 24, 2016 5:04 pm

"[John King's] proposed regulation would give Washington, D.C., control over state and local education dollars that it has never had before," Lamar Alexander said. (AP Photo)

Ex-education secretary rips labor board ruling on teacher assistants

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2016 9:39 pm

The board ruled 3-1 that teaching assistants at Columbia University are employees. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News)

Labor board rules student assistants can form union

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2016 5:14 pm

The new GOP platform calls for a national right-to-work law and reining in the labor board. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

After Obama, GOP platform moves right on labor issues

Sean Higgins · July 20, 2016 9:59 pm

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., said the spending bill would "[roll] back overregulation and overreach by the administration that kills American jobs, and cutting spending to save hard-earned taxpayer dollars." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Labor spending bill reins in agency, labor board

Sean Higgins · July 7, 2016 4:21 pm

New National Labor Relations Board rules would drastically expand the definition of "joint employer." (iStock photo)

Obama administration joint employer standard threatens small business

Glenn Spencer · June 29, 2016 4:03 am

"There are critically important jobs that don't have confirmed officials leading them, and that's a significant problem when you're talking about our counterterrorism strategy," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

White House: Republicans caused recess appointment controversy

Nicole Duran · June 20, 2016 8:12 pm

Lafe Solomon, the acting general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, testifies during a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform field hearing on an NLRB complaint against Boeing Co. on Friday, June 17, 2011, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Supreme Court to review appointment of NLRB top lawyer

Sean Higgins · June 20, 2016 4:49 pm

Microsoft said that the government's recent expansion of the "joint employer standard" — when one businesses is equally liable for a related business' workplace violations — would create a legal minefield for corporate social responsibility programs. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg, File)

Microsoft joins in fight against NLRB’s ‘joint employer’ standard

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2016 5:09 pm

Appeals court rules labor board did not exceed its authority or violate workers' privacy. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Court hands feds win on union ‘speedy election’ rule

Sean Higgins · June 10, 2016 9:55 pm

"The [National Labor Relations] Act does not require parties to maintain Spock-like objectivity towards one another when resorting to economic weapons," Philip Miscimarra said. (AP PHoto)

How ‘Star Trek’ explains labor law

Sean Higgins · June 2, 2016 10:58 pm

Ruling will give labor unions leverage by making it harder for employers to push back against a strike. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Labor board limits employers’ ability to replace striking workers

Sean Higgins · June 2, 2016 8:25 pm