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Report Link Supreme Court Allows Ban on Payroll Deductions for Public Employee Unions’ Political Action Committees in YSURSA V. POCATELLO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.Baker Hostetler LLP - March 06, 2009 On February 24, 2009, the United States Supreme Court decided, in a 6-3 decision, to uphold Idaho’s ban on public employee political payroll deductions. The Idaho ban applies to unionized employees of local governmental agencies. The Court held that Idaho’s ban on public employee political payroll deductions does not infringe on a union’s First Amendment rights. Report Link Union Wars: SEIU vs. UHW and NUHW.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - March 04, 2009 Over the past year, employers in California's health care industry have witnessed a relatively quiet intra-union dispute explode into an all-out battle for the hearts and minds of thousands of represented employees in California's hospitals and nursing facilities. There is no sign that the battle will end soon. Report Link Supreme Court Rules That States May Prohibit Dues Deductions For Unions' Political Activities.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - February 24, 2009 On February 24, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of the state of Idaho, which has a right-to-work law generally permitting payroll deductions for union dues, to prohibit such deductions for union political activities. This decision underscores the rights of states to separate the operation of government from partisan politics, even in the context of local governments having public-union labor contracts with dues check-off provisions. 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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