The ability to form smaller bargaining units by breaking up larger aspects of an employer’s organization—sometimes called “micro-units”—is generally seen as an effort to enhance the ability of unions to gain entry into an employer by making it easier to organize. Those opposed to the practice, including both employers and
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“Micro-Units” Eliminated: NLRB Overturns Specialty Healthcare
By Michael Lebowich & Lee Douthitt on
Adding to the list of falling precedents in the waning days of Chairman Miscimarra’s term, on Friday, the NLRB reversed another of the seminal decisions of the Obama-Board when it overruled the highly controversial Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB 934 (2011) decision. The 3-2…
NLRB’s Micro-Union Standard May Be Set For Reversal
By Mark Theodore on
Change is coming. We noted recently that the administration is thinking about changing the newly adopted persuader regulations. We also know that a majority of make-up of the NLRB is likely to shift very soon, and with it some of the precedents of the last few years will be…
Post-Labor Day Evaluation Shows….Very Little Activity At NLRB
By Mark Theodore on
What a difference a year makes. Last year, we saw a blizzard of change coming from the NLRB. One could forecast what was going to happen due to the proactive nature of the agency’s public expression of its intentions, as well as its solicitation of viewpoints. It seemed every month…
Micro Union Case Hits Federal Court Of Appeals
By Mark Theodore on
One of the NLRB’s most sweeping decisions in decades, Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB No. 83 (August 26, 2011).pdf, has reached a federal appeals court, as the employer seeks to have the decision overturned. As we have previously discussed, the Board in this case established …
Employer Meetings, Election Site The Next Targets Of NLRB?
By Mark Theodore on
It’s been a quiet few weeks for the NLRB. Since January 1, the NLRB has issued only a small number of decisions, none of which appear to be noteworthy. There are, of course, many developments that are in process. For example, we still do not know the full effect of…
NLRB: When We Say It Must Be “Overwhelming” We Mean The Other Overwhelming
By Mark Theodore on
As 2011 came to a close, no one was certain whether the NLRB would continue to function into 2012 as Member Becker’s recess appointment came to an end, leaving only two Members. In those waning days, the NLRB issued a remarkable decision in DTG Operations, Inc., 357 NLRB No. 175…
NLRB Leaves Coal In Employer Stockings By Issuing Ambush Election Rules, Business Groups Immediately Sue
By Mark Theodore on
The holidays used to be such a quiet time of year as people slowly peeled off to take time to enjoy the season. This holiday season is different, of course. With the impending departure of NLRB Member Becker by the end of this year, we anticipated a flurry of activity…