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NLRB to Speed up Unionizing Elections

January 3rd, 2012
On December 21, The National Labor Relations Board voted 2-1 in favor of new steps to increase the speed of union elections. The Board hopes to keep election and campaign time to less than 21 days. Often, there are long delays to unionizing elections… Read More
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Categories: Legislative Action
Tags: AFL-CIO, Congress, IUOE, Labor and Employment, NLRB, President Obama, Union Elections, Unions

Mike Speaks at 2008 AFL-CIO LCC Conference on State and Local Central Labor Organizations

June 20th, 2008
Michael Okun spoke at the 2008 Annual Conference of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LCC), which was held in Seattle. Mike’s talk was part of a session concerning the representation of state and local movements and their partner 501(c)(3… Read More
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: AFL-CIO, Articles, Labor and Employment, LCC, Michael Okun, Narendra Ghosh, Presentation, Union

2008 AFL-CIO LCC Conference Session on Protecting Injured Workers

June 20th, 2008
Valerie Johnson spoke at the 2008 Annual Conference of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LCC), which was held in Seattle. Valerie’s talk was part of a session concerning health and safety for workers. She presented a paper, written al… Read More
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: ADA, AFL-CIO, Articles, Case Commentary, FMLA, LCC, Narendra Ghosh, OSHA, Presentation, Retaliation, Union, Valerie Johnson, Workers' Compensation