NLRB Gives Employers Greater Control Over Their Public Spaces

Executive Summary: In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that employers may prohibit nonemployee union representatives from soliciting or promoting union membership within common areas of an employer’s business – such as public restaurants and cafeterias – as long as the employer does so in a non-discriminatory manner. See UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, et al, Case 06-CA-102465 (June 14, 2019). This decision provides employers with greater control over the use of their facilities.

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Scalia to be Nominated as Secretary of Labor

On July 18th, President Trump announced, via twitter, his intention to nominate Eugene Scalia as the new Secretary of Labor. Scalia would replace former Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta. Gene Scalia is the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. He is currently a labor & employment attorney with a Washington, D.C. law firm. In the early 1990s, Scalia served as a special assistant to Attorney General William Barr during Barr's first stint leading the Justice Department. Scalia also served as the agency's top lawyer, the solicitor of the U.S. Labor Department, during the George W. Bush administration.

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