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NLRB Drops Joint Employer Rule: Blow to Big Labor

July 19, 2024 2:33 pmJuly 19, 2024 2:33 pm

In a “big win” for common sense, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling that its new “joint employer” was unconstitutional. If left standing, the rule would have drastically changed the rules...

Disneyland Cast Members Vote To Join Labor Union

May 20, 2024 4:38 pmMay 20, 2024 4:38 pm

A group of cast members at Disneyland, comprising of both those acting as characters in costume and those working at the daily parades, voted by a wide margin to join a union during the weekend, becoming one of the last...

Congress: What Are You Up to, Julie?

December 7, 2023 3:10 pmDecember 7, 2023 3:10 pm

At the end of October, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an astonishingly overbroad rule as to what constitutes a joint employer. Why does that matter and why would the House Committee on Education and the Workforce send a...

East Bay Construction Worker Illegally Fired for Refusing to Join Labor Union

October 19, 2023 8:14 am

California’s lack of Right to Work protections for private sector workers rears its ugly head again. According to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Alexandra Le, an employee of Pleasanton-based materials testing company Construction Testing Services, has hit...

California Trucking Company Workers Win Freedom from Unwanted Teamsters Union Officials

March 10, 2023 10:37 amMarch 13, 2023 7:48 am

The National Right to Work announced this week that Valdivia Trucking Co. workers in California are finally free of unwanted Teamsters Local 665 union officials after three months of delays created by the union officials. Rather than face a decertification...

Union Representation Dips In California in 2022

February 3, 2023 1:44 pmFebruary 3, 2023 1:44 pm

Union representation went down in California in 2022 from 17.8% of jobs to 17.6% of jobs according to a recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), with both unionization and deunionization efforts increasing statewide. Since reaching a peak...

Los Angeles Strip Club Dancers File To Join Union

August 18, 2022 2:29 pm

Strippers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles filed to join the Actor’s Equity union through petitioning the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Wednesday, becoming the first group of such dancers...