Joshua Fox

4 weeks ago | jdsupra.com | Raymond Arroyo |Joshua Fox |Michael J Lebowich

President Trump has nominated Crystal Carey to serve as the next National Labor Relations Board General Counsel. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.  If confirmed, Ms. Carey would replace the current Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen, former Regional Director in the NLRB’s Los Angeles Regional Office. The position of General Counsel at the NLRB comes with broad discretion to shape the policy of the agency.

Dec 16, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox

[co-author: Justin Chuang]The continued legal challenges to the constitutionality of certain aspects of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) and National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) took a potentially significant turn in a decision issued by the District Court for the District of Columbia on December 10, 2024. In VHS Acquisition Subsidiary No. 7 v.

Nov 15, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox |Delia Karamouzis |Michael J Lebowich

Throwing out 75 Years of precedent in a single decision, on November 13, 2024, in Amazon.com Services LLC, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) the Board overruled the seminal case of Babcock & Wilcox Co., 77 NLRB 577 (1948) and held that, going forward, employers violate the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) if they require employees “to attend a meeting at which the employer expresses its views on unionization,” commonly known as “captive-audience meetings.” The Board’s...

Nov 12, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox |Michael J Lebowich

[co-author: Delia Karamouzis, Law Clerk]On November 8, 2024, in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) ruled that employers may violate the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) by making statements to workers regarding the impact that unionization would have on the relationship between employees and management, overruling nearly 40 years of NLRB precedent.

Nov 5, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox |Jeffrey Horwitz |Michael J Lebowich

On November 4, 2024, Mayor Eric Adams Int. No. 991-C (the “Act”), which establishes a new licensure requirement for hotels to operate in New York City, requiring new staffing, safety, cleanliness and direct employment standards. The stated purpose of the Act, referred to as the “Safe Hotels Act,” is to ensure safety and security at hotels within the City. The Act faced fierce opposition by industry stakeholders and vociferous support by employees and labor unions.