March 07, 2012
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday declined to put a rule requiring employers to put up posters apprising workers of their right to unionize on hold while several trade groups appeal her decision upholding the National Labor Relations Board's authority in promulgating the posting rule.
March 05, 2012
A group of trade associations on Monday asked the D.C. Circuit to overturn a Washington federal judge's ruling that the National Labor Relations Board has the authority to require employers to put up posters apprising workers of their right to unionize.
March 02, 2012
A Washington federal judge on Friday affirmed the National Labor Relations Board's authority to require employers to put up posters apprising workers of their right to unionize, and nixed a bid to "shoehorn" a challenge to presidential recess appointments of board members into the case.
January 17, 2012
The National Labor Relations Board can't enforce its rule requiring employers to post a sign informing workers of their right to unionize because President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the labor board were in violation of the U.S. Constitution, a group of plaintiffs said in Washington federal court Friday.
December 19, 2011
The National Labor Relations Board went to bat Monday to defend a rule it issued earlier this year requiring employers to post a sign informing employees of their right to unionize, which has come under fire from business groups and Republican legislators.
November 17, 2011
Several House Republicans lodged a brief in Washington federal court on Tuesday in support of a suit accusing the National Labor Relations Board of overstepping its authority by requiring employers to post a sign informing employees of their right to unionize.
October 26, 2011
Business groups challenging the National Labor Relations Board's employee rights posting rule moved for a quick win in federal court Wednesday, arguing the board lacks the authority to issue the rule and is trampling their First Amendment rights.
October 05, 2011
The National Labor Relations Board postponed the effective date for its employee rights posting rule Wednesday, after a federal judge requested more time to consider the arguments in litigation challenging the rule, an attorney involved in the case said.