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Labor Relations: The Rules Have Changed | BusinessWest

October 1, 2011

In Collective Bargaining, Employers Have to Watch What They Say This article by Frederick sullivan is one of the most timely and interesting pieces on the mechanics of collective bargaining language that I have seen in a long time.  Now more than ever, labor relations practitioners have to think not only about what they say, [...]

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From my Reader: good labor reads

August 5, 2011

Stuff I have been reading about this week: No content, and no commentary.  Just a list of stuff I have been reading this week…mostly labor relations. Ikea furniture workers win union drive, with international help Twitter bombing the boss could become the norm Labor unions unhappy with Obama slogan “it could have been worse.” Why [...]

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A love letter to Summer Camp

June 9, 2011

 I wanna be at People Report Summer Camp! Dear powers that be, I’m really mad that you didn’t let me make it to People Report Summer Camp this year.  It’s my favorite conference event of the year, and all my friends are there, and I am not.  And that sucks!    All the other kidz got to [...]

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16 foot rat declared to be constitutional by NLRB

June 1, 2011

I haven’t been writing much lately on the blog.  I’ve been doing a lot of internal project related business writing, and doing that always seems to stifle my ability to write about other stuff.  I haven’t written a straight up labor relations update in quite a while.   This won’t exacty be a “thought leadership” post, but it [...]

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Why the Minnesota Nurses Association likes social media

April 10, 2011

Nurses Union using social media successfully The Labor Relations Institute recently featured this example of very capable Facebook messaging of union issues by the Minnesota Nurses Association in their Labor Ink newsletter. Featured success stories from the video include: successfully getting an former HR person and hospital spokesperson fired via a Google “background” check  which [...]

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Mixing HR metaphors: employment at will is not right to work

April 1, 2011

Employment at will and Just Cause go together I was reading this thread on HR Toolbox the other day where someone asked,  “If an employee has already submitted his/her two weeks notice with their supervisor/HR department, can the company legally “fire” them during that two week period to avoid paying the remainder of that person’s [...]

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10 more Labor Relations resources for HR

March 10, 2011

 Wisconsin could be the spark of resurgent labor union activity   Labor relations is in the news in a big way right now, all across the country thanks to the issues surrounding public employee unions and collective bargaining rights, especially in Wisconsin.  We may be seeing the greatest grassroots resurgence for labor unions in my lifetime.   [...]

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10 Labor Relations Resources for HR

March 9, 2011

How to stay current on developments in labor relations When I speak, I am often asked where the average HR pro can go to keep up with developing trends in labor relations and labor law.   Here are my top 10 resources. The first source everyone should pay attention to is the National Labor Relations Board [...]

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NLRB “Facebook” free speech case settled

February 7, 2011

American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. case ends in settlement The NLRB has released the following press release announcing the settlement.   Thanks to my friend Seth Borden over at Labor Relations Today for letting me know about this right away!  Click the link for Seth’s blog. He has some great analysis of this case, and [...]

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A sharp decline in union membership

January 21, 2011

Unions lose more than 600,000 members Despite all their efforts to promote their cause, and to sell their value proposition of building a strong middle class economy, union membership has reached its lowest level in my lifetime   According to an AP news report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting one of the worst declines [...]

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