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LaborUnionNews.com's Labor Relations Radio

A podcast covering employee and labor relations news, featuring guests with diverse backgrounds and points of view.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Labor Relations Radio, E154—A Union Trojan Horse Is Being Pushed For Labor Secretary; Michael Saltsman Explains

    Teamsters' President Sean O'Brien—and the AFT's Randi Weingarten—want a pro-union former Congresswoman to head Donald Trump's Department of Labor.Teamsters President Sean O’Brien is recommending Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican, to lead the Department of Labor under the incoming Trump administration.She is an odd choice for Trump to consider, given her backing of the economy-destroying PRO Act, and she has already garnered much criticism from many people and groups, including in...

    35 min

  2. NOV 17

    Labor Relations Radio, E153—Attorney Mike Carrouth On What the NLRB's New 'Captive Audience' Ban Means For Employers

    The NLRB, in overturning a 78-year-old precedent, pushes the pendulum even further to the left.Though not unexpected, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its long-awaited decision, which bans employers from conducting so-called “captive-audience” (aka mandatory) meetings with their employees during union organizing campaigns.In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, labor attorney Mike Carrouth, from the law firm Fisher Phillips, shares the basics in what employers are allowed an...

    41 min

  3. NOV 13

    Labor Relations Radio, E152—LRI's Phil Wilson On The NLRB's Decision Reversing The 40-Year Old 'Tricast' Doctrine

    Employers and their agents beware: You will now be held accountable if you do not correctly explain the NLRA's Section 9(a) when speaking with employees.Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, overruling Tri-Cast, Inc., 274 NLRB 377 (1985) and clarifying the test that the Board will use to evaluate whether employer predictions about the impact of unionization on the relationship between individual employees and their employe...

    46 min

  4. NOV 11

    Labor Relations Radio, E155—Is Trump's Pick For Department of Labor '4D Chess' or Just A Terrible Pick? With RedState.com's Jen Van Laar

    Picking a PRO-Act supporting, amnesty and Big Government-loving, one-term Congresswoman as the next labor secretary has many people scratching their heads.On Friday evening, much to the surprise of the business community and millions of independent contractors, President-elect Donald Trump nominated a one-term Congresswoman, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore), to become Trump’s Secretary of Labor.Despite her seeming lack of qualifications, Chavez-DeRemer’s pick is surprising to many people due ...

    34 min

  5. NOV 8

    Labor Relations Radio, E151—Attorney Jon Hyman On What To Expect Under A Trump NLRB

    With the election of Donald Trump to become the 47th President of the United States, both employers and unions should expect yet another pendulum swing in labor law.In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, returning guest Jon Hyman, a shareholder with Wickens Herzer Panza shares some insights as to what we might see coming in 2025.Related Links:Jon Hyman’s Ohio Employer Law BlogJon Hyman on LinkedIn.comThe Norah and Dad ShowLabor Relations Radio, Ep. 18: Guest—The 'Master of Workplace Schade...

    38 min

  6. NOV 1

    Labor Relations Radio, E150—Attorney Cary Burke On What Employers & Unions Can Expect In Labor Relations Post Election

    Plus, Elon Musk's victory at the Fifth CircuitWith the November 5th elections right around the corner, employers and unions alike are girding themselves for what could be a very consequential outcome.In this, the 150th episode of Labor Relations Radio, labor attorney and returning guest Cary Burke joins host Peter List to discuss Elon Musk’s recent victory at the Fifth Circuit over an old tweet, as well as potential labor relations outcomes if Kamala Harris or Donald Trump win the presidency....

    50 min

  7. OCT 15

    Labor Relations Radio, E149: An Accidental Outcome? Alex MacDonald returns to discuss how the NLRA's success has resulted in fewer unions & what might happen under a new administration in DC.

    “It is declared to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of commerce and to mitigate and eliminate these obstructions when they have occurred by encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining and by protecting the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self- organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing, for the purpose of negotiating the terms and conditions of the...

    49 min

  8. OCT 3

    Labor Relations Radio, E148—An Update From Kim Kavin On The Battle Against Freelance Busters

    Millions of Americans' careers are on the line in this election. Yet, no one is talking about the War on Independent ContractorsReturning guest Kim Kavin, a freelance writer, editor and co-founder of Fight for Freelancers has a new Substack: FreelanceBusting.com.In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Kim Kavin joins host Peter List to discuss where the battle against the freelance busters stands during this election cycle.Be sure to subscribe to Kim’s Substack here.________________________...

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