June 28, 2010 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
(The following story by Wayne Risher appeared on the Memphis Commercial-Appeal website on June 27, 2010.) DALLAS, Texas — A federal court sided with organized labor Friday, backing more liberal voting rules for union representation elections at airlines and railroads....
June 1, 2010 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on May 27, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. airlines won a 20-day delay in the start date of a federal rule that makes it easier for employees to organize into a labor union. “This gives the courts a more reasonable time...
May 25, 2010 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
(The following story by Kevin Bogardus appeared at TheHill.com on May 24, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce joined a federal lawsuit Monday against a new union-organizing rule. The Chamber filed a motion to intervene as a third-party plaintiff in...
May 12, 2010 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
(The National Mediation Board issued the following on May 11, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Mediation Board (NMB), today, published its final rule in the Federal Register and on the NMB website regarding its Representation Election Procedure. The NMB amended...
May 11, 2010 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
(The following story by Randolph Heaster appeared on The Kansas City Star website on May 11, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 76-year-old transportation law was swept away Monday under a rule change announced by a federal agency. The National Mediation Board, which...
May 11, 2010 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
(The following story by R.G. Edmonson appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on May 10, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for labor attempts to organize transportation workers, the National Mediation Board said it will now determine a majority in a...
May 11, 2010 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today applauded the National Mediation Board for changing a federal rule that now makes it fairer for airline and railway employees to form unions. The rule change was published online today in the Federal...
May 10, 2010 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
(The following story by Mike Esterl appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on May 10, 2010.) NEW YORK — The National Mediation Board overhauled a decades-old election rule to make it easier for airline and railway employees to unionize, in a sign that labor is...
December 8, 2009 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on December 7, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Dec. 7 hearing by the National Mediation Board could help clear the way for that agency to make union election rules at railroads and airlines...
November 4, 2009 | Headlines, National Mediation Board
(The following story by Mike Esterl and Melanie Trottman appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on November 3, 2009.) NEW YORK — Organized labor appears to be gaining the upper hand in the skies and on rails, as labor and business battle for influence under the...
