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Labor Movement

Check out the new “Labor Insider” app from Projections

May 14, 2012

I bet you don’t have a labor relations app on your mobile phone A few weeks ago, my friends at Projections asked me to beta test a new labor relations app.  (http://www.projectionsinc.com/app.html)  I was a little skeptical about how valuable this might be, but it turns out that it is a useful product.  I think [...]

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What to Expect from the New NLRB

January 21, 2012

From the guys over at Labor Relations Institute, some thoughts on what kind of activity we’ll see coming out of the National Labor Relations Board this year.  It’s worth a read.

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Changing work assignments

April 27, 2011

Not a new company, just a new job assignment in social media I have some big news of a personal nature. Starting next week, I will be moving into a new role at work.  I will be stepping out of my labor relations role, and will begin working as a Social Media Community Manager. I [...]

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Someone’s knockin on the door, someone’s ringin the bell – It’s the union!

April 22, 2011

 New labor plan: Nationwide protests The next time you doorbell rings, you may want to peek out the window before you answer.  It could be a union coming to pay a visit to your neighborhood.   The Politico blog is reporting that the Service Employees International Union is taking a new approach to organizing, hoping to [...]

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National Labor Relations Board issues complaint over “card check” violations

November 2, 2010

Unfair Labor Practice Charges consolidated, remedy sought The NLRB is really busy these days.    The story below, clipped from the Jobs with Justice blog explains how the National Labor Relations Board has taken a number of separately filed charges and consolidated them nationally into an Unfair Labor Practice case against Regis. From the Jobs with [...]

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Being held to a different legal standard

October 10, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Euro companies criticized following U.S. labor laws European companies operating in the United States have recently come under fire for the way they deal with organized labor in this country.  The group  Human Rights Watch  recently released a 128-page report called  “A Strange Case: Violations of Workers’ Freedom of Association in the [...]

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Some Labor Relations 101 basic stuff

July 9, 2010

 Labor Relations info from the Labor Relations Institute Here is a useful slidedeck on labor relations stuff from Phil Wilson at the Labor Relations Institute. Basic labor relations stuff, but many people don’t deal with these issues much anymore in the HR profession.  Take a  peak from some great information.  You can see some more [...]

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Life under the new National Labor Relations Board

April 12, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Employers will be impacted   Here is some stuff on how the new appointments to the National Labor Relations Baord,  Craig Becker and Mark Pearce will begin to affect board policy over the next months. The short version:  The NLRB is now very pro-labor! The more specific longer version:    Expect to see case decisions [...]

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17 hot button issues for labor unions on Labor Day

September 3, 2009

Celebrating Labor Day Starting this afternoon, Human Race Horses is on vacation in Clayton, Georgia for the long Labor Day weekend.  I’ll be back on Tuesday as I will heading to South Florida for a work assignment and to spend some time at ERE Expo.  I will be live blogging from there with the hashtag [...]

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