Published: June 17, 2010
Tags: American Rights at Work, National Labor Relations Board, Supreme Court
By Jesse J. Holland
AP Writer
Washington (AP) — 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 5-4 ruling in which [...]
Published: June 10, 2010
Tags: Brechlin, Gottschalk, Joe Daniels, Joe Daniels Construction, Madison Area Technical College, MATC, National Labor Relations Board, nonunion, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, prevailing wage, Scott Watson, union
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
The owner of a Madison construction company at the center of a Carpenters union protest is disputing claims that he underpays his workers.
Joe Daniels, president of Joe Daniels Construction Co. Inc., said the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters for the past year has protested at his office and near job sites [...]
Published: February 4, 2010
Tags: ABC, AFL-CIO, AGC, Associated Builders & Contractors of America, Associated General Contractors of America, Becker, Gaston Pearce, Hayes, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, SEIU, Service Employees International Union
A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted 13-10 along party lines to support the nomination of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board.
Business associations, including the Associated Builders & Contractors of America and Associated General Contractors of America, opposed Becker’s nomination.
Becker is a Democrat and former associate general counsel of the Service Employees International [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders and Contractors of America, Associated General Contractors of America, Becker, Craig Becker, Gottschalk, Hayes, labor, Liebman, management, Maranto, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, Pearce, Schaumber, Sweet, union
By Sean Ryan
Construction business groups fear the balance of power on the National Labor Relations Board could shift toward labor if a former union attorney fills one of three vacant seats.
Groups such as the Associated Builders & Contractors of America and Associated General Contractors of America oppose Craig Becker, one of two Democratic nominees, because, [...]
By Michelle Lore
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — Changes are in store in 2010 for companies that want to do business with Uncle Sam, including stepped-up enforcement of affirmative action and benefits requirements, according to a Minneapolis attorney.
The Obama administration has committed to boosting the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ 2010 budget by 33 percent and [...]
Published: August 28, 2009
Tags: card check, EFCA, Employee Free Choice Act, labor law, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, union
John Hickey
Dolan Media Newswires
Portland, OR - A group of senators reportedly has agreed to eliminate the card-check provision of the Employee Free Choice Act.
The compromise is a result of Arlen Specter, D-Pa., a former co-sponsor, and Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., among other Democrats, announcing their opposition to the EFCA. Without their support, it is [...]
Published: August 5, 2009
Tags: Add new tag, Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., National Labor Relations Board, nonunion, organizing, poster, union, worker rights
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
A proposed federal rule requiring job site posters that outline a worker’s right to join a union will have little effect if nobody reads the signs.
According to the poster written by the Department of Labor, workers have the right to join a union and, when off the clock, to attend rallies or distribute union [...]
Published: May 11, 2009
Tags: Employee Free Choice Act, Level Five Contracting LLC, National Labor Relations Board, Operating Engineers Local 139, organizing, union
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Both sides of a dispute over a union vote at Level Five Contracting LLC argue the fight justifies the need to change federal law.
Yet both sides want different changes.
Operating Engineers Local 139 representatives argue the Level Five dispute proves the Employee Free Choice Act should become law. The attorney who represented Milwaukee-based Level [...]
