Labor Relations Reporter; News and Background Index

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS ECONOMICS (NABE)

See ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NEA)

– Cal. Teachers Ass'n, AFL-CIO issued charters to 6 chapters of Cal. Teachers Ass'n, 341
– Case summaries, 483

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (NLRA)

– Case summaries, 291
– LMRA

See LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT (LMRA)

– Organizing

See ORGANIZING

– Preemption, Cal. law barring using state funds to help or deter organizing is exercise of sovereign power (U.S., rev grant), 4; case among issues to be addressed in 2007-8 term, Special Report, 211; practitioners predict justices will find state law preempted, Special Report, 429
– Recognition, CTW seeks rule recognizing duty to bargain with union representing minority if not represented by last majority union, 125
– Supervisors, U.S. asked to ensure exclusion be limited to those workers that represent employers' interests, 388
– ULPs

See UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES (ULPS)

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)

– Ed. Note: For enforcement actions other than general stories and weekly summaries, see relevant subject headings.
– Appointments and personnel changes

– – Budget officer, Anbanthanayagam appointed, 318
– – Members, current members temporarily delegated authority to General Counsel to prevent interruptions, 124; Bush sending nomination of Battista, Walsh, and Morales to Senate, 197; McCaskill (D-Mo) tells UAW she will oppose Battista nomination for chair, 222; Bush designates Schaumber chair, uncertain Senate will confirm other nominees, 365
– – Regional attorneys

– – – Detroit, Karmol and Roemer named deputies, 462
– – – Newark regional office, Balzano named, 55

– Bargaining and organizing, House panel criticizes decisions undermining workers' rights, Batista defends, 76
– Budget, FY2009 request more than FY2008 funding, 221
– Case handling, agency came close to meeting goals implemented in last quarter of FY2007, Meisburg reports, 52
– Case summaries, 27
– Investigation and litigation of cases under new standards, guidelines after decisions on rebuttable presumption and genuine interest issued, 268
– Representation elections

See REPRESENTATION ELECTIONS

– Video testimony, pilot program to allow in some representation election hearings announced, 173

NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION

– Case summaries, 320; 439
– Verbal harassment by customer, Arab Am. restaurant manager fired for standing up for waiter gets damages, EEOC accord (N.D. Cal.), 320

NATIVE AMERICANS

– Foxwood Casinos, Tribal Nation files objection claiming UAW election improper where NLRB has no jurisdiction (NLRB), 28; UAW certification should be upheld, NLRB has jurisdiction over Native Am. owned casino (NLRB ALJ), 374; accord reached, casino agreed to post notices and bargain, 413

NATURAL DISASTERS

– Hurricanes, issues about the effect of immigrant workers on New Orleans recovery raised, meeting, 128

NEA

See NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NEA)

NEGLIGENCE

– Case summaries, 38

NEUTRALITY AGREEMENTS

See RECOGNITION OF UNION

NEW HAMPSHIRE

– Case summaries, 4

NEW JERSEY

– Case summaries, 136; 184
– Layoffs, bill requiring 60 days notice signed, 137

NEW YORK

– Case summaries, 135; 315; 325; 350; 470
– N.Y.C. Parks Dep't, accord reached with class of black and Hispanic workers claiming race bias in pay and promotions (S.D.N.Y.), 322
– Prevailing wages, law guaranteeing to laborers on public works contracts, making violations felonies signed, 301

NEWSPAPERS

– Case summaries, 494
– Register-Guard, no ULP where policy barred using e-mail system for non-job-related solicitation (NLRB), Analysis, 163; management and unions have opposing views on use of employer e-mail systems, ABA meeting, 292

NLRA

See NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (NLRA)

NLRB

See NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)

NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS

– Case summaries, 184; 325; 373; 423

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

– Case summaries, 295; 350; 372

NORTH CAROLINA

– Case summaries, 38

NOTICE AND NOTIFICATION

– Case summaries, 207
– FMLA, DOL rule requiring workers to be notified when leave counted valid, corrections worker prejudiced by La. sheriff violation (5th Cir.), 86
– N.J., bill requiring 60 days notice of layoffs signed, 137
– Qualified immunity, university official has no protection from claim by chemistry professor for failure to provide due process before disposing of personal property (5th Cir.), 14
– WARN Act

See WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION (WARN) ACT

NTEU

See TREASURY EMPLOYEES (NTEU)

NUCLEAR POWER

See UTILITIES

NURSES

– Case summaries, 83; 123; 171; 251; 277; 397; 469

NURSES (UAN)

– Membership, N.Y., Ohio, Or., and Wash. state associations disaffiliating immediately, 99; N.J. nurses disaffiliating, N.Y. nurses unhappy with disaffiliation, suit challenged by members who ran on pro-UAN slate (S.D.N.Y.), Special Report, 259; dispute between SEIU and CNA escalating, SEIU accused of assaulting members, Ohio representation elections canceled after CNA leafletting, 461
– N.Y.S. Nurses Ass'n, Mount Sinai Hosp. pact ratified, 389

NURSING HOMES

– Case summaries, 99; 148; 277; 363; 484
– Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1577