Sources: National Labor Relations Board; CP staff The NRLB has certified International Union of Operating Engineers Local 77 in Suitland, Md., as collective-bargaining representative for equipment operators and mechanics at the Structural Concrete Products LLC plant in Manassas, Va. The Board adopted a regional director’s January 2014 decision on the prior month’s representation vote—four in favor, three opposed—among proposed bargaining…
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Limited driver pool steers aggregate hauler to Teamsters’ terms
Under a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board, Fontana, Calif.-based Commodity Trucking Acquisition LLC has entered a three-year collective bargaining agreement with Teamsters Local 137, Redding, Calif., and will cover $262,000 in back pay for drivers at its Dispatch Transportation business, formerly Valley Aggregate Transport Inc. in Yuba City, Calif.
Read MoreCourt blocks NLRB rule on April 30 posting of union-organizing tips
Sources: Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC), National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Washington, D.C.; CP staff
ABC applauds a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit injunction amid proceedings challenging the NLRB’s rule for private sector employers to post by month’s end “Notification of Employee Rights,” an 11- x 17-in. notice on National Labor Relations Act union-organizing and collective bargaining provisions.
Read MoreLabor agencies seek shorter union petition–election window, employer counsel disclosures
Sources: Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board; Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC), Washington, D.C.
By Don Marsh
A NLRB-proposed rulemaking would take steps likely cutting the period for union representation election from an average of 45–60 days to 10–21 days, a move ABC believes would severely limit an employer’s ability to effectively communicate to workers the impact of unionization.
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