LATimes: NLRB ruling could be a game-changer

[Winehole23]

Unions and other labor advocates are brainstorming strategies in the wake of a National Labor Relations Board ruling that could strengthen the hand of those at the lowest level of key industries including warehousing, construction, fast food and home healthcare.

The NLRB said Thursday that a Silicon Valley recycling center was a "joint employer" along with the staffing agency that provided the center's workers. The ruling determined that companies using workers hired by another business, such as temp agencies, contractors or even fast-food franchisees, are still responsible for labor violations and could be required to bargain with unions representing those employees.


That finding, which is sure to be tested in the courts, gives a boost to labor groups, which have scored victories in recent years with highly choreographed nationwide protests for better pay in traditionally minimum-wage industries such as retail and fast food, analysts say. It could also help increase union membership, which has been on the decline.


"It's a seismic shift," said Victor Narro, project director at the UCLA Labor Center. "This is not focused just on labor organizing, but every kind of labor law."

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...829-story.html

[boutons_deux]

I'm pretty sure BigCorp will shop around for extreme right-wing court to challenge NLRB.

But this is an interesting push back for employees in the decades-long War on Employees.

Will probably end up with the extreme right wingding, blatantly pro-BigCorp, SCOTUS5, which will invalidate NLRB ruling.

Will probably soon see a House Repug bill to dissolve the NLRB, negate all its rulings, or whatever the Repugs can do to screw employees.

[CosmicCowboy]

I can see this ruling being in direct conflict with hundreds of thousands of existing franchise contracts. For instance, under it's current franchise contracts Mcdonald's can't negotiate with the SEICU and force it's franchisees to honor McDonald's labor agreement with the SEICU.

[boutons_deux]

I can see this ruling being in direct conflict with hundreds of thousands of existing franchise contracts. For instance, under it's current franchise contracts Mcdonald's can't negotiate with the SEICU and force it's franchisees to honor McDonald's labor agreement with the SEICU.

As always, BigCorp can break contracts, pension agreements, etc with employees and customers, but NEVER NEVER NEVER should an employee or customer try to break on contract with BigCorp.

[spurraider21]

unions are outdated