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50 years of employee relations in less than 200 words

November 7, 2012

  Fifty years in labor relations I had the chance to listen to a very forward thinking  labor relations executive last week about his learnings from 55 years with the same employer.    Wait…what?  55 years, I mean who does that anymore, right?  Well, this guy did, and he had some pretty basic insights into [...]

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Tips on effectively influencing the C-suite

November 4, 2012

Influencing the C-suite I recently attended a conference session in San Antonio where it was suggested that  employee and labor relations specialists and consultants face a giant credibility problem in the C-suite.  People in the C-suite will spend money, but it’s tough to get them to write checks on proactive employee relations initiatives unless you [...]

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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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Court of Appeals enforces NLRB order, finds investment fund manager jointly liable for unlawful acts at Hawaii resort

September 30, 2011

NLRB rules against company AND private equity firm jointly From an NLRB press release this afternoon.   Managers at private equity firms need to pay attention to this! The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has enforced a National Labor Relations Board order finding that Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., an asset manager for [...]

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New Mandatory Poster from NLRB now available

September 14, 2011

Mandatory poster explaining employee rights under NLRB This is a new manadatory posting for employers in the United States.  The failure to post comes with teeth.  Be sure you understand the new requirements. From the NLRB web site: A workplace poster that describes employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act is now available for [...]

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Human Resource Leaders, Keep Your CEO Out of Prison

September 1, 2011

Via Scoop.it – Labor and employee Relations Oliver Bell, Inc. Warns Employers that Non-compliance with proposed reporting changes in the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) could carry stiff penalties, including prison time for your top executives (CEO/CFO). Show original

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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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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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