President
Obama stands with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka after he spoke about jobs
and the...
Supreme Court
justices could deliver three harsh blows during the current term to Big Labor. One could undermine
much of what President Obama
has done for unions, and another could prohibit one of labor's main organizing
tactics. A third endangers a different organizing tactic.
The case that
has drawn the most attention is Noel Canning v. National Labor Relations
Board. That will determine whether Obama's 2012 recess appointments
to the NLRB — and most of its actions since then — were constitutional.
A potentially
bigger deal for unions is Unite Here Local 355 v.
Mulhall. The Court could find that a major union tactic — striking
deals with management before organizing workers — amounts to bribery.
On Tuesday,
the court announced that it will hear Harris v. Quinn, which deals with whether
a state can declare home health care workers eligible for organizing.
Mulhall will
be heard in November. Dates haven't been set for the others.
The cases
underscore how much Big Labor relies on a favorable legal and regulatory
environment. That’s why they came out so strongly for Obama twice.....To Read More....
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