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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Congress seeks to block NLRB’s election rule changes

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We’ve been following the NLRB’s controversial changes to union election case procedures. The proposed rules—which strip employers’ of their rights to litigate many issues in a hearing, limit parties’ appellate rights, and have the potential to dramatically decrease the time between the filing of a union election petition and the election—are currently set to take… Continue Reading

Arizona introduces legislation to prohibit public sector collective bargaining

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Following last year’s controversial moves in Wisconsin and Ohio to limit the right of public sector employees to collectively bargain, and yesterday’s signing of Indiana’s right-to-work law, on February 1, state lawmakers introduced a series of bills in the Arizona senate that, if passed, would be the country’s most comprehensive package of laws limiting public… Continue Reading