The Illinois House last week rejected Right To Work legislation last week on a mostly party line (71 democrats, 1 republican) vote of 72 – 0, with 37 republican members voting present another 4 not voting. The vote was a defeat for Governor Bruce Rauner, who has championed right to work as a vehicle to…
Read More »Hypocrisy was rampant from organized labor this week in the wake of Los Angeles adopting a $15/hour minimum wage over the next five years and then indexing it to inflation beginning in 2022, as we reported to you in SRNS last week. In the wake of that “victory” by SEIU and its labor allies, Rusty…
Read More »We reported at the end of last month that the NLRB had issued a call for briefs to essentially challenge the validity of right-to-work laws currently in place in literally half of the states in the union. Last week, the US Senate got into the act by grilling the NLRB leadership in a Senate Health,…
Read More »In what may represent some refinement in their recent advisory regarding “joint-employers”, the NLRB recently issued a ruling declaring that restaurant franchise Freshii does not qualify as a “joint-employer” in a case involving alleged retaliation by a Freshii franchisee against employees involved in unionizing activities. Essentially, the NLRB ruled that Freshii “control” over its franchisee’s…
Read More »Department of Labor Secretary Tom Perez made headlines over the past week on two different occasions and with two different issues. First, he joined activists, elected officials and others to endorse legislation that was newly introduced by Washington Senator Patty Murray and Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott. The so-called “Raise the Wage Act” would increase the…
Read More »It certainly didn’t take long for the true impact of the NLRB new “ambush election” rule to be felt across the country. In a supplemental brief filed by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas in their legal challenge to the “ambush” rule, they report that just since the rule became effective on April 14…
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We have two meetings that members will want to attend before summer arrives – the first will be held at the Holiday Inn, Boardman, Ohio on May 21. Registration for this meeting, which will feature franchisee attorney Pete Silverman, a partner with the firm Shulman, Loop & Kendrick in Toledo, Ohio, is now available on…
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DDIFO has confirmed our next few member meetings, taking us into the summer months. Members in Ohio, Pennsylvania and surrounding environs will want to mark their calendars for May 21, when we will present “New NLRB Rules and Their Impact on Franchisees!” at the Holiday Inn in Boardman, Ohio. The meeting will begin with our…
Read More »Speaking of the excesses of the National Labor Relations Board, the latest target of the federal agency run amok seems to be the 25 states that currently have Right-To-Work laws on their books. Last week, the NLRB Board formally issued an invitation for briefs asking legal scholars around the country to present on the question…
Read More »The admonition of Benjamin Franklin came to mind as the Connecticut General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee this week gave initial approval to HB 6791, an act that will require employers with 500 or more employees to pay a fine of $1/hour for each employee that is not paid at least $15/hour. On a…
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