Covid Conundrums, Fickleness of Agency Deference, Resisting Labor in a Pandemic, and Days of Armendariz-Are They Over?
From the Covid Desk: The United Mine Workers of American International Union and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy,... Read More
FIVE-ALARM FIRE AND BLACK ARMBANDS FOR SCOTUS
Well, based on three more 5-4 decisions issued this week and Justice Kennedy’s retirement announcement, the courthouse is burning out of control... Read More
INEQUALITY & UNFREEDOM/Gorsuch’s Epic Systems and the Trump Epoch: Denial of Socio-Economic Reality and History & Refusal to Recognize the “Concerted Action” “Elephant in the Room”
SCOTUS Ignoring Reality in Lochnerian Revival Even Gorsuch’s[1] “statement of the issue” is fictive, having installed as false premise that the basic... Read More
“Radium Girls,” Beryllium, and Silica Dust: Worker Safety Saga Continues as Trump Administration Weakens OSHA Enforcement
I am ashamed to say that only this past month did I only discover the history of The Radium Girls-The Dark Story... Read More
Klibanow Active in Media Colloquy on Employment Arbitration Class Waiver Controversy
Recently Ms. Klibanow was interviewed by legal reporter John Roemer and quoted in his November 24, 2017 Daily Journal article anticipating the... Read More
ACR Advanced Practitioner Arbitrator, Workplace Section
The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) has certified Ms. Klibanow as an “Advanced Practitioner Labor and Employment Arbitrator.”
The “Persuader Rule,” Historical Underenforcement, U.S. Decline of Unions, and an International Prism
The “Persuader Rule,” Historical Underenforcement, U.S. Decline of Unions, And An International Prism. Publication of the Final “Persuader Rule ‘Advice’ Exemption and... Read More
Heat Waves & Interesting Times: Strieff, Female SCOTUS Justices, Lewis v. Epic, Congressional Sit-In….
HEAT WAVES: LIVING IN “INTERESTING TIMES” “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”-Martin Luther... Read More
TPP – Minority Staff Report Flags Workers Rights Concerns
On February 1, 2016 the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways & Means Ranking Committee Member Sander Levin released a... Read More
DISTRICT JUDGE DOLLY GEE’ S TOTTEN OPINION THAT NLRA PROTECTS EMPLOYEE CLASS ACTIONS
On January 22, 2016 U.S. District Judge for the Central District Dolly Gee issued long-awaited decision on defendant Kellogg Brown & Root’s... Read More