Vigilant Blog

The National Labor Relations Board recently announced two decisions that break with longstanding precedent and greatly restrict an employer’s ability to communicate its opinion on unions to its employees. NLRB Tightens Rules on Employer Statements About Unionization  In one decision, the Board overruled 39 years of precedent that deemed employer statements about the impact of…

The National Labor Relations Board has updated the rules that govern the ability of a union to be recognized as workers’ bargaining representative under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The current (Biden-era) Board’s actions are more generous to unions and replace rules that the Trump-era Board had issued in April 2020. The new rules…

Employers can no longer unilaterally stop collecting union dues when a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) expires, ruled the U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals. Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a union-represented employee can agree to allow their employer to deduct and remit union dues. In a case involving hospital employees, the CBA between the…