Tag: unions
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An End to Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings
In a landmark decision, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employers can no longer require workers to attend anti-union meetings, overturning a 75-year-old precedent. The ruling came in a case involving Amazon’s Staten Island facilities, where the company had mandated employee attendance at meetings expressing views against unionization. This decision marks a significant…
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From Reuther to Fain: Shaping the Past and Future of Workers’ Rights
As we approach Labor Day, it’s fitting to reflect on two pivotal figures in the history of labor: Walter Reuther and Shawn Fain. I first read about Reuther a couple of decades ago as I was embarking on my career in labor law. He was a visionary leader of the UAW who sought to protect…
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Polls Show Unionization Gaining Popularity as Workers Try to Take Back Control of Their Lives
The Gallup organization conducted a poll last summer asking Americans about their impressions of labor unions. Based on the current membership numbers, I would have expected that fewer than fifty percent of Americans feel positively about unions. I would have been wrong. Despite the low numbers of actual labor union members in America, a majority…
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