There have been a lot of developments at the National Labor Relations Board since the November 5th election, and with President Trump returning to the White House in November, many expect the labor law pendulum to swing back to the right after January.

In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Labor Relations Institute’s Michael VanDervort joins host Peter List to get caught up on some of the changes over the last several weeks and how the NLRB may change in the coming months and years under Trump 2.0.

Related:

* Michael VanDervort’s DriveThru HR podcast

* Labor Relations Institute’s Left of Boom Show

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Erik Sherman is a freelance writer who reports on business, economics, finance, investing, markets, tech, law, commercial real estate, and income and wealth inequality. His credits include Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times Magazine, NBC News, CBS Moneywatch, Technology Review, The Fiscal Times, and Inc. He is also the author or co-author of 10 nonfiction books.

In this episode, Erik joins host Peter List in the continuation of a conversation that began on X (formerly Twitter) about AI and economics.

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* Erik Sherman at Forbes

* Erik Sherman at Substack

* Erik Sherman on X (formerly Twitter)

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On Friday evening, much to the surprise of the business community and millions of independent contractors, President-elect Donald Trump nominated a one-term Congresswoman, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore), to become Trump’s Secretary of Labor.

Despite her seeming lack of qualifications, Chavez-DeRemer’s pick is surprising to many people due to her…

* Backing of the PRO Act

* Support for nationalizing public-sector labor law

* Reported backing of amnesty for undocumented migrants

As the nomination was fully supported by the Teamsters’ union president Sean O’Brien, the Wall Street Journal editorial board even penned a piece entitled: Trump’s Labor Choice: Unions Over Workers.

In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Jennifer Van Laar, the managing editor of RedState.com joins host Peter List to discuss Trump’s puzzling pick.

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Teamsters President Sean O’Brien is recommending Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican, to lead the Department of Labor under the incoming Trump administration.

She is an odd choice for Trump to consider, given her backing of the economy-destroying PRO Act, and she has already garnered much criticism from many people and groups, including independent contractor advocates.

In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Michael Saltsman, a partner with Berman & Co. joins host Peter List to discuss what is driving the push behind Chavez-DeRemer, as well as why she would be a bad choice for the incoming Trump administration.

Related:

* Teamsters president pushing Chavez-DeRemer for Labor secretary

* Lori Chavez-DeRemer touted for US Labor Secretary

* Employers' group tees off on Chavez-DeRemer amid Labor secretary chatter

* Don’t Let the Teamsters Pick the Labor Secretary

* Independent Contractors Sound the Alarm: PRO-Act Sponsor Lori-Chavez-DeRemer Is Not Fit to Be Labor Secy

* Make America Work Again

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Though not unexpected, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its long-awaited decision, which bans employers from conducting so-called “captive-audience” (aka mandatory) meetings with their employees during union organizing campaigns.

In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, labor attorney Mike Carrouth, from the law firm Fisher Phillips, shares the basics in what employers are allowed and not allowed to do under this new ruling.

Note: Nothing in this episode of Labor Relations Radio should be construed as legal advice. If you, as an employer, have union-related questions or issues, please seek advice from a labor attorney.

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Employers and their agents beware…

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, overruling Tri-Cast, Inc., 274 NLRB 377 (1985) and clarifying the test that the Board will use to evaluate whether employer predictions about the impact of unionization on the relationship between individual employees and their employer are unlawful threats. 

Under the new ruling, if an employer (or its agents) does not carefully parse out their statements to employees regarding Section 9(a), moving forward, the NLRB will now find that the employer has issued a threat.

In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Phil Wilson, President of LRI Consulting Services, Inc. (LRICS) and Approachable Leadership, returns to the podcast to discuss the ramifications of the NLRB’s new decision, as well as what is ahead with a new NLRB under Trump 2.0.

Prior episodes with Phil Wilson:

* Labor Relations Radio E129—LRI's Phil Wilson on an NLRB ALJ's Outrageous Ruling Against Free Speech

* Labor Relations Radio, E97—LRI's Phil Wilson & Michael VanDervort on the new Left of Boom podcast

* Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 64—LRI's Phil Wilson on Recent NLRB Developments and Union Organizing Trends

* Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 40—LRI's Phil Wilson on the State of the Post-Pandemic Workplace

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With the election of Donald Trump to become the 47th President of the United States, both employers and unions should expect yet another pendulum swing in labor law.

In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, returning guest Jon Hyman, a shareholder with Wickens Herzer Panza shares some insights as to what we might see coming in 2025.

Related Links:

* Jon Hyman’s Ohio Employer Law Blog

* Jon Hyman on LinkedIn.com

* The Norah and Dad Show

* Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 18: Guest—The 'Master of Workplace Schadenfreude,' Attorney Jon Hyman on why 'anti-union doesn't mean anti-worker'

* Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 21—Guest: Attorney Jon Hyman On What HR Can Take Away From The NLRB's Starbucks Complaint

* Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 36: Guest Jon Hyman on Weingarten Rights, What They Are And How They're Likely Coming Back To Non-Union Workplaces

* Labor Relations Radio, E86—Guest Jon Hyman on the Existential Impact of Artificial Intelligence

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With the November 5th elections right around the corner, employers and unions alike are girding themselves for what could be a very consequential outcome.

In this, the 150th episode of Labor Relations Radio, labor attorney and returning guest Cary Burke joins host Peter List to discuss Elon Musk’s recent victory at the Fifth Circuit over an old tweet, as well as potential labor relations outcomes if Kamala Harris or Donald Trump win the presidency.

Other Labor Relations Episodes with Cary Burke:

* Labor Relations Radio, E95—Seyfarth Shaw's Cary Burke on the 'retroactivity' of Cemex Bargaining Orders and more

* Labor Relations Radio, E130—Attorney Cary Burke on a Potential Cemex Bargaining Order At Mercedes & 'Spying' on LinkedIn

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“It is declared to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of commerce and to mitigate and eliminate these obstructions when they have occurred by encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining and by protecting the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self- organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing, for the purpose of negotiating the terms and conditions of their employment or other mutual aid or protection.” — National Labor Relations Act

Labor attorney Alex MacDonald from Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute returns to the podcast to discuss his article The Accidental Success of the NLRA: How a Law about Unions Achieved Its Goals by Giving Us Fewer Unions.

Read more of Alex’s writings at the Federalist Society here.

* Labor Relations Radio E144—Alex MacDonald Explains How Unions' Right to"Exclusive Representation" May Be Unconstitutional

* Labor Relations Radio E138 — Attorney Alex MacDonald On The Constitutionality Of 'Exclusive Representation'

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Returning guest Kim Kavin, a freelance writer, editor and co-founder of Fight for Freelancers has a new Substack: FreelanceBusting.com.

In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Kim Kavin joins host Peter List to discuss where the battle against the freelance busters stands during this election cycle.

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