Labor Relations INK - Labor Relations News, Analysis and Insight
Labor Relations INK May 2021
In this issue: NLRB member finally nominated Union popularity vs. business Robots filling orders Sectoral bargaining coming? Scoreboard, Insight, Sticky Fingers and more… ********** Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson Save the date: On June 24th I’m presenting The...
Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson
Save the date: On June 24th I’m presenting The PRO Act Pivot. The point of this webinar isn’t hand-wringing over this terrible legislation. Instead, we’ll focus on the practical steps you should be taking NOW to both anticipate the PRO Act and situate your company to...
Wilson Responds to Blogging Policy Questions
In a recent article by The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Phil was asked to comment on a recent NLRB decision upholding a company's "no disparagement" blogging policy. While cautioning that such policies are tricky to draft and enforce, he reminded...
Wilson Adds to Weingarten Rights Discussion
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) reached out to Phil Wilson to understand how employers typically respond to Weingarten Rights issues. Wilson explained that most unionized employers default to informing an employee of their Weingarten Rights, to avoid...
Labor Relations INK April 2021
In this issue: Lessons from Bessemer Sectoral Bargaining White Collar Organizing Rising? Insight, Sticky Fingers, Scoreboard and more… ********** Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson The PRO Act Pivot The biggest union election in decades ended in a lopsided loss...
Labor Relations Insight – April 2021
by Phil Wilson The PRO Act Pivot The biggest union election in decades ended in a lopsided loss for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union (RWDSU) in Bessemer Alabama earlier this month. Predictably, the entire labor movement is crying foul. The union...
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Labor Relations Ink March 2021
In this issue: PRO Act news White collar tech workers organize New online union organizing tools Insight, Scoreboard and more… ********** Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson Could the 5th Amendment Save Us From the PRO Act? Some of the most important Supreme Court...
Could the 5th Amendment Save Us From the PRO Act?
Some of the most important Supreme Court decisions fly under the radar when first argued. Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, argued in front of the Supreme Court this week, is one of those cases. In case you haven’t heard about Cedar Point (and I wouldn’t blame you, it...
Wilson Addresses Organizing Uptick for SHRM
For a March 9 SHRM article, the author reached out to Phil Wilson for insight into the recent rise in union organizing activity. As Wilson explained, the expected rise in organizing as the country emerges from the pandemic shut-down will take on new momentum as a...
BREAKING NEWS: House Passes PRO Act
Wasting no time, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 225-206 to pass the PRO Act (or the Protecting the Right to Organize Act). It's the most expansive labor relations legislation since the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was adopted in 1935. Among its...
Labor Relations INK February 2021
In this issue: Organizing in Blaseball NLRB GC Policy Directives Reversed Biden Balancing Environmental vs. Union Concerns Expedited Hi-Tech Jobs Shift More Union-Mob Ties Sticky Fingers, Insight and more… ********** Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson 2020 Review...
2020 Review and Innovative Organizing in 2021
by Phil Wilson The team at LRI RightNow just released our 2020 annual elections review. There are lots of interesting tidbits in this year’s report. Here are a few of the highlights that intrigued me. Unions racked up 31,610 newly organized workers in 2020 in just...
Bloomberg Law Asks Wilson for Perspective
In a January 25th article on Bloomberg Law, Phil Wilson commented on the Biden administrations signaled intent with the firings of the top to posts in the NLRB General Counsels office. After calling the firings “outrageous and probably unlawful," Wilson stated, "I...
Labor Relations INK January 2021
In this issue: Online Union Calculators Union Corruption Collective Action Insight, Scoreboard, Sticky Fingers and more… ********** Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson This month’s insight will be brief. If that’s not unusual enough, it’s also going to begin with a...
INK Links January 2021
Union Bailout Update Before Becoming Boston’s Mayor, Biden’s Labor Pick Was Embroiled in Union Extortion Scandal https://www.texasobserver.org/the-year-newspaper-unions-roared-back-to-life-in-texas/ Boeing: The NLRB Decision That Keeps On Giving...
Labor Relations INK December 2020
In this issue: State of the Unions – and LRI Laboring Towards 2020 Covid-19 Labor Around the World and more… ********** Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson State of the Unions – and LRI Like most of us, I’m ready to turn the page on 2020. As I reflect on the year,...
Labor Relations Insight
by Phil Wilson State of the Unions – and LRI Like most of us, I’m ready to turn the page on 2020. As I reflect on the year, however, I’m actually surprised at how much we’ve accomplished. Looking ahead to 2021, I think about how the lessons of this year may help us as...
Labor Relations INK November 2020
In this issue: CoVid-19 Tech/Media Unions Organizing Sticky Fingers, Scoreboard, Insight and more… ********** Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson Biden Labor Policy – What to Expect? It (finally) appears that we’ve settled on our next President, after enduring an...
Labor Relations Insight
by Phil Wilson Biden Labor Policy – What to Expect? It (finally) appears that we’ve settled on our next President, after enduring an election that was the perfect capstone to 2020. Even though President-elect Biden is all but assured to be sworn in on January 20, the...
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