By now, almost everyone in construction has heard about the PRO Act, or Protecting the Right to Organize Act, that's being considered in Congress. But many people are unaware of its likely immense consequences. If the PRO Act becomes law, it will result in big changes to our labor laws.

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The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 has reached a contract to represent workers at Sunbelt Rentals' Franksville office after a three-year dispute over the labor group's unionization drive.

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The equipment lender Sunbelt Rentals is pushing back against a federal attempt to force it back to the bargaining table with a Wisconsin labor union.

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Federal officials filed an injunction last week to force the equipment-rental company Sunbelt Rentals into labor negotiations after it had fired employees who had led a unionization drive at its Franksville office this past summer.

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The head of the largest Wisconsin construction union says he could scarcely be happier with a federal judge’s decision to rebuff a challenge of the state’s right-to-work law last month.

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The National Labor Relations Board, an independent federal agency that investigates improper labor practices committed by private employers and unions, will respond to all Freedom of Information Act requests for investigative charges from its headquarters in Washington, D.C., an official with the agency said Friday.

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Although the Wisconsin Supreme Courts’ ruling on Act 10 pertains only to public employees, a lawyer who challenged the law contends there could be implications for private-sector unions.

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Labor and employment attorneys are taking notice of a recent memorandum issued by the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board that requires regional officers seek guidance from the Division of Advice before proceeding on a broad array of matters.

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For most employers, employee severance agreements are essential tools for ensuring that the end of an employment relationship doesn’t lead to litigation. A recent lawsuit, however, has employment attorney taking a closer look at such pacts.

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By Sean Ryan The 4-foot-by-4-foot display boards used to be big enough for all of the posters required on federal construction job sites. But they are obsolete. And the bigger boards that replaced them may soon follow suit because the ...

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