Our democracy is predicated on the three branches of government being equal in power, but over the past week or so, the judiciary – and the US Supreme Court in particular – has sucked all the power out of the room! Most recently, the court’s decision in the Janus case (which we cover below) has…
NLRB Region 10 Director John Doyle ordered a union election for a sub-group of employees at the Boeing Company, despite a December decision by the full National Labor Relations Board that narrowed the circumstances under which micro-units could be created. This case involves approximately 180 flight readiness technicians and inspectors seeking to organize as a…
There’s more NLRB intrigue when we talk about funding the agency received in the Omnibus Spending bill signed in late March to keep the government running through the end of the fiscal year. The White House Office of Management and Budget is trying to claw back some of that funding (a $192 million increase over…
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