Labor attorney Alidz Oshagan recently talked to Law360 for an article exploring whether the National Labor Relations Board under the Biden administration is likely to make it easier for workers to form bargaining units that are smaller than full wall-to-wall units. Entitled “Micro-Units' Likely To ...
Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorney Nancy Lassen Quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia labor lawyer and firm Partner Nancy B.G. Lassen recently was quoted in an article for The Philadelphia Inquirer regarding Chester County’s new ethics policy. Entitled “Good government or ‘gag’ order? In Chesco, new ethics policy muzzles county workers,” the article by William Bender ...
Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorney Jessica R. Brown Discusses Union Organizing at Museums with Law360
Willig, Williams & Davidson Of Counsel Jessica R. Brown recently was quoted in an article for Law360 on the efforts to organize workers at museums across the country. Entitled ‘Pandemic Didn't Stop Museums From Organizing In 2020,’ the article by Danielle Nichole Smith explores the state of ...
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Labor Attorney Nan Lassen Quoted by Vox on Regulators’ Failures to Protect Workers from COVID-19 as States Reopen
Vox’s Nicole Narea reports on the federal agency that is supposed to protect workers from unsafe conditions caused by Covid-19. Non-union workers have been facing perilous conditions when depending on state and federal regulators like Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to ...
Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorney Quoted on Wage Theft Case
Ryan Allen Hancock was recently quoted in an article that discusses the Philadelphia Wage Theft Case that rewarded victims up to $48,000 each. After approximately two years, a wage and hour lawsuit filed by a Willig, Williams & Davidson lawyer has come to a verdict. Mitchell Goldberg, U.S. ...
Union Workers represented by Willig, Williams & Davidson have voted to strike
Ryan Hancock, represents the health-care workers at St. Monica Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare who voted to strike in April. A majority of the 130 unionized workers at St. Monica Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare, a nursing home in South Philadelphia hit hard by the ...
Philly Port Workers Union Pushed for Safety Precautions
Since mid-March, International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1291, representing thousands of workers who load and unload ships in the Port of Philadelphia, repeatedly called for better safety precautions. After Company responses fell short, the union was forced to increase its pressure. ...
Workers Question ‘Are We Essential or Disposable?’
As more essential employees test positive following exposures in the workplace, management often fails or refuses to tell them who has tested positive and where, leaving workers on edge about their own exposure and wondering if they are essential or just disposable. Essential workers are not only ...
Willig, Williams & Davidson Of Council Provides Expert Opinion on Three Class-Action Lawsuits
Ryan Allen Hancock provided expert opinion in Berg v. Ontario Hockey League et al. On Friday, May 15, 2020 the parties in Berg v. Ontario Hockey League et al., reached a 30-million-dollar settlement. The class action lawsuits were filed in 2014 and the plaintiffs, major junior hockey players, ...