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Wilson comments on nontraditional fields seeing union organization
In an article by The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) about legislative employees in New York City forming a union, Phil noted that other types of nontraditional fields are also seeing union organizing, including digital media, museums, and technology.
Wilson appears on DriveThru HR podcast
Phil Wilson appeared on the September 28, 2021 episode of DriveThru HR podcast to discuss the current state of Labor Law with host Mike VanDervort. Listen Here!
Cabernet , Marinara, and proactive employee relations
I took my dad to lunch this week. We stopped by a deli and he ordered a Rueben as big as your head. I wasn’t sure what to order until I noticed a salad bar. I’ve never once been excited to see a salad bar. But here I was, after nearly 2 years of covid, and I was giddy...
Labor Relations INK September 2021
In This Issue: PRO Act Creep Vaccination Mandates Sexual Harassment Gets a Make-over in Texas Electric-Vehicles: Which Way Blows The Union Wind? Insight, Scoreboard and more… Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson Are you living in a card-check multiverse? If...
Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson
Are you living in a card-check multiverse? If someone offered you a chance to step into a Star Trek transporter and send you somewhere else in the universe, would you do it? That was the first question Tyler Cowen asked physicist and philosopher David Deutsch on a...
Labor Relations INK August 2021
In this issue Changing of the Guard Vaccination Mandates Rideshare Rollercoaster Scoreboard, Insight and more... Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson Be careful what you wish for Tomorrow the NLRB will officially flip to a Democrat majority, with former SEIU...
Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson
Be careful what you wish for Tomorrow the NLRB will officially flip to a Democrat majority, with former SEIU in-house counsel David Prouty replacing William Emanuel. The Republican majority was in place for just over four years, one of the shortest runs of Republican...
Labor Relations INK July 2021
In this issue: PCA & Covid-19 Woke Politics As Organizing Tool Is Media The Next Union Stronghold? Insight, Labor Around the World, Scoreboard and more ********** Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson I’m a big Neil Young fan. I’ve been listening to him since I...
Labor Relations Insight July 2021
by Phil Wilson I’m a big Neil Young fan. I’ve been listening to him since I got my first “sound system” – one of those 1980’s all-in-one turntable, cassette tape, radio deals. The speakers were terrible, but in a weird way that probably made Neil Young and Crazy Horse...
Labor Relations Insight June 2021 Redux
Labor Relations Insight Redux by Phil Wilson In the last issue of INK, through a technical glitch we accidently posted a prior version of Phil’s Insight article. Here is the article that was supposed to have been posted as the June Insight. Cedar Point Nursery and...
Labor Relations INK June 2021
In This Issue: Private property rights NLRB organizing efforts Covid Chaos Uber for workers Sticky fingers, Insight, Scoreboard and more... ********** Labor Relations Insight by Phil Wilson Cedar Point Nursery and Organizer Access to Private Property Yesterday the...
Labor Relations Insight June 2021
by Phil Wilson Cedar Point Nursery and Organizer Access to Private Property Yesterday the Supreme Court issued its decision in Cedar Point Nursery. The 6-3 decision split along the conservative-liberal wings of the Court. Justices Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor dissented...
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...
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