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Trump Permits Decert's in 45 days
While most non-essential services are shut down, union elections are suspended, and most of America is working from home worrying about a global pandemic, Trump’s National Labor Relations Board...
Trump's NLRB Issues Three Anti-Union Rulings
It is Christmas time for employers with cases before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). This week the board decided to issue rulings challenging several pro-workers and pro-union Obama year...
Trump's NLRB Lets McDonald's Off the Hook
For years, companies with franchises like McDonald’s have fought the notion that the corporation is responsible for illegal activity that takes place on the franchisee's watch. They claimed...
The NLRB is a Hostile Work Environment
This post was written by the IBEW Media Department. The National Labor Relations Board’s own workers rallied Monday against management abuses affecting their union’s ability to...
Trump's NLRB: Grad Student's Don't Have a Right to a Union
At some of the most elite and expensive colleges and universities in the country, graduate students are being used as a cheap alternative to professors. While universities call this part of their...
Charges Filed Against Barstool Sports
Last week, UCOMM reported that Barstool Sport’s boss Dave Portnoy set off a firestorm when he took to Twitter to inform his staff that if they considered joining a union, he would fire them on...
Barstool Sports Threatens Employees if they Organize
Following the announcement that the staff of The Ringer had decided to organize, Barstool CEO Dave Portnoy felt it was important to let Barstool’s employees know that they will not be gaining a...
NLRB Charges Filed Against Bernie Sanders
The Bernie Sanders campaign is in some hot water after staffers filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). While the identity of the person who filed...
Organizing the Unorganized
Workers across the country are realizing the importance of having a voice in their workplace. Workers in show business, coffee, military contractors, and staff at a blood center all understand that...
Trump's NLRB: Employers May Now File Decerts
Trump’s NLRB has issued yet another decision that would make it easier for employers to decertify unions. This time the NLRB is streamlining the process for employers who “think”...