My comments on recent NLRB decisions

 American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law Committee on Practice and Procedure under the NLRA Mid Winter Meeting Kohala Coast, Hawai’i March 7, 2014   New Ruby Slippers Purple Communications, Babcock & Wilcox, and Murphy Oil  Panelists: Mark Ross, Jackson Lewis, San Francisco, CA Bob

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A Hiring Hall Primer

I recently revised something I wrote up for an IATSE meeting years ago: A Hiring Hall Primer  including  The Ten Commandments of Good Referral  (Revised, 2014) ________________  Robert S. Giolito P.C., 11755 Wilshire Blvd Ste 2140, Los Angeles CA 90025, (310) 473 3535  ________________       

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Right-to-Work Laws and the Entertainment Industry

Right-to-Work Laws and the Entertainment Industry ___________________________________ Robert S. Giolito, P.C., 11755 Wilshire Blvd Ste 2140, Los Angeles CA 90025, (310) 473 3535  ___________________________         With many motion picture and television producers leaving the traditional Southern California TMZ and entering the former hinterlands of

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New NLRB Election Rules

Now that we have a full 5-member NLRB, the Board has proposed new election rules.  The rules were first proposed in 2011, but a court set them aside due to the 2-member Board controversy (another long story).  The employers have called these the “ambush” rules, but as

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