Well, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reversed the regional director in Chicago who had ruled that Northwestern University football players could form a union. The ruling from the national level found, instead that allowing union organizing could lead to imbalances in competitive football. See CBS news report. The ruling did not address
Northwestern Players Will Vote on Union
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The Northwestern football players will now cast their votes for or against forming a union. I wrote about this union movement previously here. Only scholarship players may vote. The school has already appealed the NLRB’s decision that the football players are employees and may form a union. The appeal will be
Northwestern Univ. Football Players Can Form Union
The National Labor Relations Board has decided that college athletes can form a union. To reach that determination, the NLRB had to first find that football players are "employees" of the school. Football players at Northwestern University had sought to form a union. I first wrote about their request here.
The Northwestern University quarterback
College Football Players Seek to Form a Union
Every so often, I talk with an employee who has been treated badly by his employer, but for whom there is no lawsuit available. S/he has no discrimination claim. The employee is simply treated unfairly, for which there is no remedy in Texas. So, I typically tell such clients they should form a union if
Facebook Comments Are Not Protected Speech
As I have discussed before, the National Labor Relations Board has waded deep into the Facebook waters. See my post here and here.
The Board recognizes that under the National Labor Relations Act, employees have the right to discuss terms and conditions of their job. So, when employees post comments on Facebook about
Confidentiality Requirement Can Conflict with Right to Discuss Work
Its a common practice at most places of employment to keep "confidential" any investigation. I think requiring confidentiality has as much to do with managing employee morale as it does any particular legal requirement. But, if the employer enforces its request for confidentiality, it may run afoul of the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRA
Recipient of Secret NLRB Info Advises Mitt Romney
Last week, I commented about an NLRB Board member who provided confidential information to a law firm. See my prior post. Little did I know then that the "law firm" receiving this very privileged information was Peter Schaumber. Mr. Schaumber advises Mitt Romney on labor issues and the NLRB. Candidate Romney’s website includes an
Fired For Wearing Orange, Now they File NLRB Complaint
They were fired for wearing orange shirts to work. I previously wrote about that here. Now, they have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. See ABA Bar Journal report. They say they wore the shirts simply to show they were part of the same group when they went out for drinks
NLRB Board Member Found Guilty of Breach of Confidentiality
The National Labor Board enforces the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB is essentially the Supreme Court for unions. The NLRB is comprised of board members appointed by the President. NLRB appointments are very political. It is not unusual for the NLRB to be unable to act because the administration in power will not or
Employees Can Discuss Conditions of Work on Facebook
As I have described here a few times here, here and here, employees may make negative comments on Facebook about their job. So long as the employee is deemed to be discussing "terms and conditions" of employment with other employees, then yes, the employee can say things the employer would prefer not to