Trump administration rescinds NLRB memorandum viewing college athletes as employees
Abruzzo’s memorandum helped set the foundation for unionization efforts by Dartmouth men’s basketball players and a complaint ...
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Acting NLRB General Counsel Pulls Back Memoranda
President Trump appointed William B. Cowen as Acting General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Cowen ...
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NLRB Leadership in Flux: Chair Gwynne Wilcox’s Unprecedented Firing, a Quorum-Less Board, and Implications for Employers
President Trump wasted no time shaking up the labor and employment law landscape. As anticipated, Trump discharged NLRB General Counsel, ...
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The NLRB Can’t Punish Employers Strongly Enough
I wrote a piece for the New York Times in which I argued that the Starbucks unionization campaign illustrates the inherent ...
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How Trump’s Firings “Paralyze” the NLRB
The NLRB maintains independence in part because its Board members’ terms are five years. This is intentional, Poydock says, ...
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NLRB rescission of Biden-era guidance suggests ‘major policy changes’ coming for employers, workers
Memoranda about severance agreements, noncompete agreements, “stay-or-pay” provisions, the rights of immigrant workers, threats or coercion during union organizing campaigns, and “captive audience” ...
Federal judge rejects NLRB injunction sought by Post-Gazette unions
A federal judge has rejected an injunction request filed by the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of three striking ...
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NLRB Acting General Counsel Rescinds Many of Predecessor’s Memos, Sets Stage for New Labor Policy
Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen rescinded a series of memoranda issued by his predecessor, Jennifer Abruzzo, ...
US Department of Justice to stop defending independence of FTC, NLRB, letter says
The U.S. Department of Justice will cease defending the independent status of three consumer and worker protection agencies, ...
DOJ Says It Will Defend NLRB Firing to High Court if Needed, Citing 'Humphrey's Executor'
In Humphrey's Executor v. United States, the high court held in 1935 that a president must have cause to fire the member of a ...
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Pittsburgh unions prepare for life with gutted NLRB under Trump
Union petitioning fell during Trump’s first term, and he started his second term by firing a National Labor Relations Board member, leaving the panel unable to fully operate.
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NLRB Acting GC: Student-Athletes Are Not Employees
National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowen rescinded a September 2021 memorandum in which former Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo declared college athletes should be ...