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National Labor Relations Board
Union Organizing
Buzz Box Budtenders announce independent union
The dispensary owners granted voluntary recognition to the new United Cannabis Workers, workers announced Jan. 15.
Analysis
Joe Biden: The best president labor ever had
He promised to be the most pro-union president in U.S. history. His administration went out of their way to keep that promise.
Analysis
2024: The rest of the story
We’ve reported over 300 stories in 2024. At year's end, we update readers about what happened since we published some of those stories.
National
NLRB: Union organizing has doubled since 2022
It received 3,286 union election petitions in the 2024 federal fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 … and 21,292 unfair labor practice charges.
Workers Rights
NLRB and FTC work together to bar non-compete agreements
Non-competes are agreements saying workers won’t go to work for a competing employer in the same industry after they leave an employer.
Workers Rights
New ‘Cemex’ rule makes unionizing easier
It’s the latest measure from the NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo intended to short-circuit union-busting.
Workers Rights
Judge strikes down NLRB’s landmark ‘joint employer’ rule
The National Labor Relations Board was all set to stop companies from dodging labor law by using temp agencies and franchise structures.
Workers Rights
NLRB: No more dodging labor law with temp agencies and franchise structures
Workers will soon bargain with all companies that have a say in their working conditions — not just the one whose name is on their paycheck.
Workers Rights
Abruzzo shows what it’s like to enforce a ‘pro-worker statute’
The NLRB hasn’t had this energetic of an enforcer in more than half a century. Jennifer Abruzzo is refocusing the agency on its founding goal.
Workers Rights
Fired AFSCME supporter wins $20,000 back pay
The National Labor Relations Board determined that camp operator All Good NW fired Michael Rainey illegally.
Workers Rights
Labor law violations on the rise nationally, NLRB says
Unfair labor practice charges jumped 16% year over year — continuing a significant caseload increase from the previous fiscal year.
Workers Rights
Local NLRB agent tells labor: Agency is in crisis
Democrats increased the NLRB budget 9% last year, after a 10-year freeze. Now the GOP’s back in charge of the House.
Workers Rights
NLRB: Unfair employers must pay more than just lost wages
Workers face financial pressure beyond lost wages when they're illegally fired. Now, the NLRB says employers should generally cover those costs.
National
NLRB says union elections are up by 58%
The spike in new organizing activity is straining a labor board that’s already short-staffed and underfunded.
Collective bargaining
Nonprofit Causa of Oregon shuts down amid labor conflict
The immigrant rights group Causa recognized a union two years ago, but never reached agreement on a first contract.
National
Lawmakers look to boost NLRB funding
With labor activity on the rise this year, 40 U.S. senators say the National Labor Relations Board needs more funding to keep up.
Comment
Biden’s new NLRB shows what real enforcement looks like
Under Jennifer Abruzzo, the “new sheriff in town," Amazon, Starbucks and others have learned that powerful companies are not above the law.
National
Amazon ordered to notify workers of union rights
It’s one of the most far-reaching settlements to date after Amazon was found guilty of trampling workers’ rights to unionize.
Union Organizing
NLRB finds Amazon broke the law, orders new election at warehouse in Alabama
Amazon’s “flagrant disregard” for labor law was so egregious that a new election must be held at its distribution center in Bessemer.
Workers Rights
The return of Joy Silk
The NLRB is about to get tough on unionbusting. Its general counsel announced a policy that could stop employers from crushing union drives.
