LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, September 1, 2023
Top Stories: More BIG NLRB news; UAW files bad-faith bargaining charges against GM, Stellantis; Machinists union has a new president; Texas law 'banning' water breaks unconstitutional & more
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[58 total articles today; Over 23,400 articles posted since January 2022]
Not A Clean Break: Cautionary Tale for Employers Looking to Close Plants
In a very active end of summer for labor law, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) ruled in a 2-1 decision, in Quickway Transportation, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 127, that a company’s closure of a terminal where its drivers were unionized violated the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Read more…
NLRB adopts higher bar for workplace changes when union contracts lapse
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has issued a pair of rulings limiting employers' ability to alter working conditions without first bargaining with their workers' unions, though the agency's lone Republican predicted that an appeals court would toss one of them out. Read more…
UAW alleges GM, Stellantis not bargaining in good faith
United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain said Thursday the union has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against General Motors and Stellantis, a new sign of how far apart the union and the automakers remain as they negotiate a new contract only two weeks before a strike deadline. Read more…
Former Bath Iron Works pipefitter to lead Machinists union
A former Bath Iron Works pipefitter has been named the next president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the shipyard’s parent union and one of the largest unions in North America. Read more…
Texas judge declares law limiting power of Democratic-led cities unconstitutional
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, a Republican, signed a bill into law in June that prohibited cities from passing certain local ordinances. It was widely seen as an effort to curb the power of Democratic-led cities. Now, a judge has ruled it unconstitutional. Read more…