In the wake of the strenuous push by the NLRB to assist organized labor’s efforts to unionize more workers in the private sector, and specifically, the QSR industry, we encourage you to consider one of two labor relations training sessions to be sponsored by CUE, An Organization for Positive Employee Relations. The events will be…
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In more news that will likely be welcomed by small businesses across the country, Senate Republicans also have an eye on the many radical changes being advocated by the National Labor Relations Board. Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander has filed a bill that seeks to ensure balance in the rulings of the NLRB by increasing the…
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More news this week regarding the NLRB and its pro-labor advocacy has the agency being sued by a number of national business groups over the agency’s recent passage of the so-called “ambush election” ruling. The ruling will lower the threshold for union organizing efforts within private sector companies by streamlining the process required and dramatically…
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Although it clearly doesn’t impact the QSR industry, we’re certainly pleased to learn that a federal court in Washington DC has struck down portions of a ruling of the Department of Labor mandating minimum wages and overtime pay for certain home health companion workers employed by third party businesses. The decision will hopefully serve to…
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The National Labor Relations Board this week took what their general counsel has been threatening for the past few months, filing 13 complaints against McDonald’s franchise owners – and naming McDonalds Corporation as a co-defendant in the action. The charges allege some 78 violations of employee rights to organize and collectively bargain, but most importantly,…
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It was designed as a neutral agency that would ensure fair application of the nation’s labor laws, but the new focus of the National Labor Relations Board seems to be anything but. Last week, in the first of a couple of egregious rulings, the agency decided by a 3 – 2 vote in a case…
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One day after their email ruling, the NLRB issued another doozy – this one, their final ruling on the “ambush” or “quickie” election, long sought by organized labor. The new rule will effectively reduce, rather significantly, the amount of time an employer has to prepare for a union election. The new rule provides that businesses…
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Notwithstanding efforts by “zealous advocates for social change” and others around the country, we’re encouraged now and then to see public officials advocating a return to a freer economic market that can produce real economic benefits. In that vein, so-called Right to Work legislation appears to be gaining ground in a couple of different states. …
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Last week, we mentioned the old adage that the “wheels of government turn slowly”, but this week, we can see how quickly they can turn in lame duck sessions. To set the context, remember that the new Senate to be seated in January will be controlled by the GOP; remember also that appointments to many…
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Advocates for a $15/hour minimum wage for fast-food workers (a.k.a. SEIU and other labor organizations) had scheduled more protests to take place yesterday in cities around the country. How successful or effective they may or may not have been remains to be seen, but we certainly took note of an item this week that speaks…
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