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Report Link NLRB Upholds Employer's Promulgation of Complaint Panel.
Jackson Lewis LLP - September 04, 2007
In a decision favorable to employers, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that a Staff Complaint Process (SCP) established by Syracuse University to govern certain types of grievances did not result in the creation of a "labor organization" within the meaning of Section 2(5) of the NLRA. Syracuse University, 350 NLRB No. 63 (Aug. 15, 2007).
Report Link U.S. Supreme Court Upholds State Limitations on Public-Sector Unions' Agency Fee Spending.
Jackson Lewis LLP - June 18, 2007
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has held that states do not violate the First Amendment of the Federal Constitution by requiring public-sector unions to obtain authorization from nonmember agency fees payers prior to using their money for political purposes.
Report Link SEIU Forms New National Healthcare Union.
Fisher & Phillips, LLP - May 04, 2007
On January 29th, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) announced it will be forming a national healthcare union, which they predict will be composed of nearly 1 million members by the end of this year.
Report Link Electrical Workers Local Must Pay Fines And Fees for Contempt of Appeals Court Orders.
Jackson Lewis LLP - January 05, 2007
One of the nation’s largest local construction trades unions has been slapped with fines and fees exceeding $300 thousand for its contemptuous behavior in violating the federal labor law's prohibition on "secondary boycotts."
Report Link LM-10 Filing Deadline Extended (pdf).
Ford & Harrison LLP - April 06, 2006
The Labor Department’s Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) has extended the deadline for employers to file LM-10 forms disclosing payments to unions. A recent OLMS advisory set May 15, 2006 as the new deadline for filing the reports for 2005. The Labor-Management and Reporting Disclosure Act requires companies to report payments, gifts, and loans to unions and union officials; payments to employees to persuade them regarding their bargaining rights; and payments to labor relations consultants.
Report Link State Of The Unions 2005 -- A House Divided Plans To Expand (pdf).
Ogletree Deakins - November 09, 2005
On Labor Day 2005, organized labor was at a low ebb. Between 1935 (when the Wagner Act was passed) and 1954, organized labor’s rise was meteoric, from representing less than 10 percent of the private sector workforce to about 35 percent. In 1955, the house of labor united when the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations joined forces to become the AFL-CIO.
Report Link Louisiana Employment Law Letter: Effect of AFL-CIO breakup on employers uncertain (pdf).
Jones Walker - September 19, 2005
A growing rift between the member unions of the AFLCIO has finally culminated in three major unions breaking away from the formerly 60-member labor federation. The rebellion by the renegade unions — the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), and the United Brotherhood of Teamsters — is being led by SEIU president Andrew L. Stern, who a little over a year ago first upset other union leaders by issuing a call for radical changes in their priorities.
Report Link The Splitting of the AFL-CIO: What It Means to the Nation's Employers.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - August 05, 2005
In a widely anticipated move, three major labor unions -- the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) -- have split from the AFL-CIO. We expect that UNITE HERE, which boycotted the recent AFL-CIO convention, will soon follow and possibly the United Farm Workers may as well. These five unions, together with the Carpenters Union (which left the AFL-CIO in 2001) and the Laborers Union (which announced they are staying within the AFL-CIO), have combined to form a coalition called Change to Win. This development is traumatic for the AFL-CIO, which may lose well over 5 million members (the SEIU, UFCW and the Teamsters alone have 4.6 million members). The change is also dramatic for the nation’s employers which, as discussed below, may quickly be confronted with more frequent and more aggressive organizing efforts.
Report Link The Schism In Organized Labor: What Happened? What Does It Mean For Health Care Employers?
Jackson Lewis LLP - August 03, 2005
For several months, the news has been full of stories regarding the challenge to the AFL-CIO's leadership of the labor movement. These events have particular significance for employers in the health care industry. First, here is a recap of events through July 31st, including the AFL-CIO convention which ended on July 28th.
Report Link The Split in Organized Labor: What Does It Mean for Employers?
Jackson Lewis LLP - July 28, 2005
Employers should expect aggressive organizing and bargaining from competing camps of labor unions, now that the Change to Win Coalition has established itself as a force separate from the AFL-CIO within the labor movement.
Report Link DOL Issues An Expanded Interpretation of Reporting Requirements For Forms LM-10 and LM-30 (pdf).
Vedder Price - July 27, 2005
For many years, union officers and employees have been required to report certain payments and financial interests which might give rise to a conflict of interest on Form LM- 30 and employers have been required to report certain payments to unions and union officials on Form LM-10. These requirements arose from the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”). Only a small number of people actually filed these forms and many people did not even know of their existence. The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has not been actively enforcing the filing requirement.
Report Link 'Change to Win' at the 2005 AFL-CIO Convention: Real Reform or Glorified In-Fighting?
Jackson Lewis LLP - July 01, 2005
News regarding the formation of a five-member coalition of aggressive and successful unions within the AFL-CIO-- called "Change to Win"-- has attracted the attention of the media, unionized employers and labor relations professionals. Yet, the general business community seems disinterested.
Report Link Four Unions Challenge AFL-CIO and Sweeney to Showdown on Reform to Change Leadership and Priorities.
Jackson Lewis LLP - May 19, 2005
Leading a charge by four of the country's largest labor unions, SEIU President Andrew Stern has challenged incumbent leadership at the AFL-CIO to make significant changes or face the union's withdrawal from the Federation.
Report Link Changes in Union Financial Disclosure Requirements Draw Criticism from Both Sides.
Jackson Lewis LLP - October 25, 2003
Beginning in 2004, unions will be required to provide more detailed disclosure of financial expenditures under recent rule changes to the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, or LMRDA.

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