The National Labor Relations Board recently announced two decisions that break with longstanding precedent and greatly restrict an employer’s ability to communicate its opinion on unions to its employees. NLRB Tightens Rules on Employer Statements About Unionization In one decision, the Board overruled 39 years of precedent that deemed … Read more
The threat of rail strikes in France looms over the end of the year, with the first strike scheduled for November 21. They are fueled by worries about jobs and working conditions in the face of national rail company SNCF dismantling its freight business, a further indication of the progressive privatization of the rail industry. … Read more
The dominant Rule of Law narrative among the European institutions and the media focuses on ‘backsliding’ in some capitals as the key Rule of Law problem to solve. Significant resources have been (mis)invested with the EU unfortunately prioritising Rule of Law tool creation and the multiplication of monitoring and reporting mechanisms, of which the Commission’s … Read more
