The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent agency of the federal government of the United States that enforces U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935,the NLRB has the authority to supervise elections for labor union representation and to investigate and remedy unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of protected concerted activity.
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is an independent agency of the United States government that governs labor relations between the federal government and its employees.
Peter N. Kirsanow is a partner with the law firm of Benesch,Friedlander,Coplan &Aronoff,working within its Labor &Employment Practice Group in Cleveland,Ohio. He is a black civil-rights commissioner and a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights,serving his fourth consecutive 6-year term,which he was reappointed to by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in December 2019. He is the longest-serving member among the current commission. He was previously a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from January 2006 to January 2008.
Harold Craig Becker,known professionally as Craig Becker,is an American labor attorney,a former member of the National Labor Relations Board,and currently the General Counsel of the AFL–CIO.
Amy Sauber Berman Jackson is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Guy Otto Farmer was an American lawyer and civil servant. He was Chairman of the United States National Labor Relations Board from July 1953 to August 1955. After leaving government service,he represented the Bituminous Coal Operators Association,the collective bargaining arm of the bituminous coal mining industry in the United States.
NLRB v. SW General,Inc.,580 U.S. ___ (2017),was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a person who has been nominated by the President of the United States for a position cannot hold the same job on an acting basis while awaiting Senate confirmation.
Peter Barr Robb is an American lawyer who was the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He was appointed to the position by President Donald Trump. He was fired by President Joe Biden on January 20,2021,after he refused to resign. Both in and out of government,Robb has advanced pro-business and anti-labor causes.
John F. Ring is a corporate lawyer and former government official. Ring was a member of the National Labor Relations Board from 2018 to 2022,serving as chair from 2018 to 2021. He was formerly co-chair of the labor and employment law practice at Morgan,Lewis &Bockius,a pro-management law firm,where his practice included representing employers in collective bargaining,labor contracts,multi-employer benefit funds,and corporate restructurings.
Sharon Block is an American attorney,government official,labor policy advisor and law professor who served during the Biden Administration as the Associate Administrator delegated the duties of the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from January 20,2021 to February 1,2022. During the Obama Administration,Block served on the National Labor Relations Board and in the United States Department of Labor and the White House. She currently serves as a Professor of Practice and the executive director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School.
Lauren McFerran is an American lawyer and government official who is a member and chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. She is one of three Democrats currently serving on the board. Prior to serving on the board,she worked as a law clerk,in private practice,and as a labor lawyer for the Senate Committee on Health,Education,Labor,and Pensions.
Jennifer Sung is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
SeemaNanda is an American government official currently serving as the United States solicitor of labor in the Biden administration.
Gwynne A. Wilcox is an American attorney who has served as a board member of the National Labor Relations Board since August 2021.
Susan Tsui Grundmann is an American attorney who has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
Joy Silk was a doctrine of the US National Labor Relations Board in effect from 1949 to 1966. The doctrine arose from Joy Silk Mills,Inc.,85 NLRB 1263 (1949) and was replaced by the Gissel doctrine after NLRB v. Gissel Packing Co.,Inc. (1969). The doctrine holds that "if a union provides evidence that a majority of workers want to unionize",the employer should voluntarily recognize the union by default unless they have "good faith doubt" regarding that evidence. Further,"if there's an unfair labor practice,meaning the employer broke the law,then it is presumed that the workers wanted to join a union".
David M. Prouty is an American attorney currently serving as a member of the National Labor Relations Board since August 2021.
A captive audience meeting is a mandatory meeting during working hours,organized by an employer with the purpose of discouraging employees from organizing or joining a labor union. It is considered a union busting tactic. Critics allege that captive audience meetings are used to intimidate workers and spread misinformation;employees can be fired for failing to participate in the meeting or for asking questions. In the United States,the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA) broadly permits captive audience meetings but does not allow them to be held in the final 24 hours prior to a union election. Employers defend the practice as protected free speech;critics view the practice as an infringement on workers' rights not to listen.
