NLRB Report Challenges Validity of Many Employers Social Media Policies

In its most recent effort to draw lines on the self-described “hot topic” of the “lawfulness of employers’ social media policies and rules,” the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of General Counsel has taken the position that many policy provisions commonly seen in employers’ social media policies violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). […]

President Obama Announces Recess Appointments to NLRB Posts

President Obama announced yesterday his intent to recess appoint three individuals to the National Labor Relations Board: • Sharon Block, Member, National Labor Relations Board • Terence F. Flynn, Member, National Labor Relations Board • Richard Griffin, Member, National Labor Relations Board President Obama said, “The American people deserve to have qualified public servants fighting for them […]

APWU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over USPS Refusal to Provide Info on Consolidations

The APWU has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) protesting the Postal Service’s refusal to provide the union with information regarding Area Mail Processing (AMP) feasibility studies. The union contends that management’s failure to provide the information constitutes a breach of its obligation to bargain in good faith.

Motor Vehicle Director Activist Wins Major NLRB Case Against USPS

A member of the Motor Vehicle Craft won a major victory over the Postal Service when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) slammed management for its refusal to provide information to the union about subcontracting. Jerome Pittman, former director of the MVS Craft for the San Francisco Local, filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge that […]

Court: NALC Must Go To Arbitration To Enforce Grievance Settlements With USPS

The problem of USPS ignoring their settlement agreements is a big one. Courts, like the one below, are mandating that unions take their disputes to arbitration before asking for enforcement in court, even when the dispute has already been settled multiple times! Unions have to take their disputes all the way to arbitration or the […]

NLRB: Postal Mail Handlers Union Entitled to Test Scores of New Hires

The National Labor Relations Board recently issued the following ruling in favor of National Postal Mail Handlers on its request for information: On July 2, 2007, NPMHU President Julio Figueroa emailed the USPS’s human resources specialist, Carlos Perez, requesting “the register listing for those candidates qualified for hiring,” and specifying that “[t]he listing should include […]

Supreme Court Rules More Than 500 NLRB Cases Will Have To Be Reopened

Court: 2-Person Labor Board Can’t Make Decisions – ABC News: More than 500 decisions by the leading federal agency that referees disputes between labor and management will have to be reopened after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the five-member board had operated illegally when its membership dwindled to two.  The high court, in a […]