New federal statistics show a dramatic increase in the number of labor strikes and strike participants last year, illustrating the growing influence and positive outlook for unions.
Updated with respect to the NLRB’s Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the NLRA, and the Lion Elastomers LLC II ruling, which sets forth how the NLRB will review complaints of misconduct in labor disputes.
The NLRA does not preempt a company's lawsuit in state court for damages when a union's strike-related activity intentionally destroys the company's property, the Supreme Court has ruled,
A long-standing rule shielding unions from lawsuits for damages caused when their workers exercise their right to strike could be in jeopardy in a closely watched case.