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The NLRB and the States

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On January 18, 2023
Interesting argument here from Benjamin Sachs about the NLRB empowering state experimentation. But there is another, as yet untapped, mechanism for relaxing preemption rules and enabling states to improve upon the federal system. That mechanism is hiding in plain sight in an obscure section of the federal statute. § 14(c), enacted by Congress as part […]
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NLRB and Amazon

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On March 19, 2022
As you may know, there is another attempt to unionize an Amazon facility, this time at Staten Island. There’s lots of reasons to be skeptical about this campaign, largely that it is being led by self-styled radicals who for ideological reasons are refusing to do this through an established union, meaning they have no resources. […]
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As the Biden administration matures, it’s becoming increasingly clear which progressive issues he really cares about and which he doesn’t (immigration, changing the trajectory of foreign policy). One he definitely does care about is organized labor, which is a nice change from every Democratic president in my lifetime. These sorts of appointments don’t get a […]

Cleaning House

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On January 21, 2021

Among the many odious appointments of Donald Trump is Peter Robb, to be general counsel at the National Labor Relations Board. This guy is the ultimate industry hack who helps lead an agency he would

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The rollback of our labor rights continues from the Trump National Labor Relations Board. On July 21 the Trump-appointed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) eliminated the special legal protections enjoyed by union grievance handlers for the past 70 years. In the interest of promoting workplace “civility,” the Board announced that employers will no longer be […]
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