While union membership in the private sector has gradually declined, employers have scant cause for complacency.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under President Biden is moving aggressively to alter the playing field and give unions increased rights. Changes include more easily organized workforces for new employers, as well as allowing established unions to continue and expand their influence over employers.
The NLRB has been attempting to change the rules governing union elections and limiting employers in communicating an anti-union position. It is also taking actions to prohibit employers from moving their plants to right-to-work states, as well as the NLRB becoming engaged in the world of social media. It is attempting to protect employees who post negative comments about their employers from discipline, calling it protected “concerted activity.”
Against this shifting backdrop of NLRB changes, the value of experienced labor attorneys who are familiar with California’s current union landscape will prove pivotal to employers. CDF attorneys understand the power of prompt, decisive action. We have helped non-union employers successfully prevail in union organizing campaigns and have represented employers in all areas of union-management relations including:
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