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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2016 CONTACT: Bailey Dick, bailey(at)jwj.org Washington, D.C. — Today, the National Labor Relations Board reverted back to precedent from 2000 in a decision that expands rights for temporary and contracted employees. Before today’s ruling in “Miller & Anderson,” temps and other contracted employees had to clear multiple… Read More»

CONTACT: Bailey Dick, Bailey@jwj.org 202-393-1044 x126 Washington, D.C. – Today, the NLRB unanimously declined jurisdiction over Northwestern University’s scholarship football players. The NLRB ruled that asserting jurisdiction would not promote stability in labor relations, one of the primary policies of the National Labor Relations Act, the law that enforced by… Read More»

PRESS CONTACT: Giovanna Frank-Vitale 646.200.5334, Giovanna.vitale@berlinrosen.com OUR Walmart, Jobs With Justice, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, National Guestworkers Alliance, National Family Farm Coalition, United Farm Workers, United Workers Congress and Warehouse Workers United issued the following press release: As Federal Labor Board Confirms Walmart Broke the Law and California Court Names… Read More»

Sweeping Decision By Labor Board Is Largest Ever Complaint Against Employer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Making Change at Walmart PRESS CONTACT: Giovanna Frank-Vitale 646.200.5334, Giovanna.vitale@berlinrosen.com Derrick Plummer 202.466.1576, dplummer@ufcw.org WASHINGTON —The National Labor Relations Board issued the largest-ever complaint against Walmart today for breaking federal labor law by violating workers’ rights.… Read More»