On March 12, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and several other employer organizations filed a petition for rulemaking with the NLRB urging the Board to issue a rule rescinding its Cemex decision and restoring the pre-Cemex framework for union-representation procedures. The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen: “The Cemex decision was contrary to the NLRA, Supreme Court precedent, […]

On March 12, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) and several employer organizations submitted a petition for rulemaking asking the Board to issue a regulation on mandatory meetings in which employers discuss unionization with their employees. The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen: “The Board’s Amazon decision was a clear attempt to silence employers during […]

On March 9, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and several other employer organizations filed an amicus brief before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in SEIU’s flawed lawsuit challenging the NLRB’s joint employer final rule. Our brief explains that the SEIU’s petition should be dismissed for the court’s lack of jurisdiction or denied […]

On March 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit issued its decision in Brown-Forman, striking down the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Cemex decision. The court ruled that the NLRB had overstepped its authority, finding that the Cemex standard “was not created as a means to resolve the parties’ dispute or undo the effects of the parties’ […]