Dixie Morrison
Dixie Morrison is an associate in the Labor Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group.
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A divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals partially affirmed a federal district court’s decision to vacate part of a rule issued by the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) in 2019 that eliminated several “quickie” representation election procedures established by a 2014 rule (the “2014 rule”). In 2019, the Board issued … Continue Reading
The National Labor Relations Board continues its December precedent merry-go-round with a return to the Specialty Healthcare, 357 NLRB 934 (2011) (“Specialty Healthcare”) standards for bargaining unit determinations. In American Steel Construction, 372 NLRB No. 23, the Board overturned PCC Structurals, Inc., 365 NLRB No. 160 (2017) (“PCC Structurals”) (which had, itself, restored traditional community-of-interest … Continue Reading
On June 28, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) voted to uphold the so-called “successor bar doctrine” in Hospital Menonita de Guyama, Inc. This doctrine provides incumbent unions with an irrebuttable presumption of majority support for at least six months after a change in employer ownership. Incumbent unions enjoy this irrebuttable presumption even if, … Continue Reading
Last week, the Third Circuit reversed a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision finding that FDRLST Media, publisher of online news magazine The Federalist, unlawfully threatened its employees when its Executive Officer tweeted about sending employees “to the salt mine” if they tried to form a union. In FDRLST Media, LLC v. NLRB, the Third … Continue Reading
Google recently suffered a blow in its ongoing National Labor Relations Board litigation, when an Administrative Law Judge appointed to rule on a discovery dispute ordered the Silicon Valley company to turn over the lion’s share of certain documents subpoenaed by former Google employees. Discovery issues have become more prevalent in NLRB litigation as massive … Continue Reading
Federal Appeals Court Partially Affirms Elimination of NLRB Rule, Hitting Fast-Forward Button on Representation Elections
By Mark Theodore and Dixie Morrison on Posted in NLRB
Special Delivery: NLRB Returns to Obama-Era Standard to Limit Employer Ability to Change a Proposed Bargaining Unit
NLRB Upholds “Successor Bar Doctrine,” Citing Labor Market Volatility
By Joshua Fox, Paul Salvatore and Dixie Morrison on Posted in NLRB
Appellate Court Reverses NLRB, Holding Tweet About “Salt Mines” Not an Unfair Labor Practice
By Mark Theodore and Dixie Morrison on Posted in Uncategorized
Google’s Union Campaign Strategy Documents Not Privileged, NLRB Administrative Law Judge
By Mark Theodore, Joshua Fox and Dixie Morrison on Posted in Uncategorized
