Labor Relations Week Index-Summary

NAFTA

See NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA)

NALC

See LETTER CARRIERS (NALC)

NATCA

See AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS (NATCA)

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF NURSES (NFN)

– New national union for RNs, nurses groups in Mont., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Ore. and Wash. form, 631

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NIOSH)

– Asbestosis rate not decreasing despite years of regulation, study, 34
– Continuous personal dust monitor, MSHA and NIOSH allowed to approve CPDM under proposed rule, 142; hearing will be held in July, In Brief, 981; witnesses tell MSHA to keep CPDM durable and user-friendly, 1149; MSHA seeks data in measuring miners' exposure, 1688
– Director, HHS Sec'y re-appoints Howard, 1495
– Green jobs, occupational safety and health initiative launched, 979
– Hexavalent chromium, criteria document urges exposure risk limit to compound be reduced, 215
– Map reading, video game format used to teach skills to miners available for downloading, 1603
– Nanotechnology

– – Nanoparticle exposure linked to human toxicity, NIOSH questions findings, 1384
– – Proactive risk management to combat work exposure urged, 1383

– Swine flu (H1N1), OSHA, NIOSH, CDC meet with unions to discuss protection measures, 1268

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (NLRA)

– Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)

See ORGANIZING

– Enforcement

See NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)

– Federal Aviation Act reauthorization

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 915, HR 1512, S 1451

– First Amend., finding that casino violated NLRA §8 by asking police to issues trespass citations to UNITE HERE protesters withdrawn (NLRB), 725
– Members-only, minority-union bargaining, retired professor urges NLRA to adopt rule, 535
– National Labor Relations Modernization Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1355

– Obama approach to labor and employment issues pragmatic, more aggressive on work-family issues, speakers say, ABA conference, 1260
– Preemption, nonunion electrical contractor who sued under Ill. antitrust law after losing construction pact to IBEW Local 702 has claim reinstated (7th Cir.), 606
– Reform, professor/arbitrator urges substantive fixes for organizing, employee free choice, collective bargaining and procedural fixes for how NLRA is administered, conference, 973
– Representation case, NLRB produces digital video presentation in English and Spanish, In Brief, 1630
– Rest and meal breaks, whether NLRA preempts Ill. hotel room attendant law, minimum labor standards challenged (U.S., rev den), 1593
– ULPs

See UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES (ULPs)

– Union recognition

See RECOGNITION OF UNIONS

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)

– Administration

– – Budget

– – – FY2009

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1105

– – – FY2010, Obama proposed $283.4M, 791

– – Pittsburgh reg'l office closed during G-20 meeting, In Brief, 1468
– – Public Affairs Office formed to replace Info. Div., 1666

– ADR, NLRB makes program permanent for ULP cases pending before board, 517
– Appointments and personnel changes

– – ALJs, Carissimi appointed, 1495; Amchan named, Division of Judges, D.C., 1739
– – Chairman, Obama names Liebman (D), In Brief, 159
– – Deputy assistant general counsel, Wilson appointed, In Brief, 1323
– – Members, Obama to nominate Becker and Pearce, 671; Obama sends Becker, Pearce and Hayes nominations to Senate, 1159; Senate begins recess without acting on nominations, 1285; HELP Comm. approves nominations, McCain (R-Ariz.) threatens to withhold Becker nomination, 1663
– – Reg'l atty., Jones appointed, In Brief, 1119
– – Reg'l directors, Chester appointed to Pittsburgh, Ley to Buffalo, In Brief, 463; Wirick appointed to Pittsburgh post, In Brief, 543; Kreisberg appointed to Hartford, Conn., In Brief, 951; Osthus appointed to Minneapolis replacing Chester, In Brief, 1119

– Casehandling, 256 decisions issued in FY2009, inventory of pending cases up 12%, 1715
– Due process, second hearing properly denied, NLRB lawfully relied on decision of ALJ who reviewed record of hearing conducted by another judge (D.C. Cir.), 247
– Electronic filing, procedures amended to include use of e-mail to serve documents on other parties, 201
– Internet site, guidance videos posted, In Brief, 1176
– Investigative subpoenas, Assoc. Gen. Counsel urges using e-filing process to expedite petitions to revoke, 1715
– Jurisdiction, college affiliated with Presbyterian Church exempt, bargaining order to recognize UAW unenforceable (D.C. Cir.), 440
– Labor laws

– – Administrative actions, professor urges NLRB to expand focus to bring policy into legal process, conference, 944
– – Dynamic approach to decisionmaking and NLRA as “living law,” member Liebman hopes for, conference, 406; economic crisis could reform labor policies, speakers say, conference, 613
– – Fundamental reform needed, political and economic climate make change this year likely, 64

– Labor Outlook 2009, SplSupp (01/29/09)
– NLRA reform, professor/arbitrator urges substantive fixes for organizing, employee free choice, collective bargaining and procedural fixes for how NLRA is administered, conference, 973
– Refusal to bargain

– – NLRBPA, attorneys file ULP charge for refusal to bargain with certified bargaining unit that consolidated two separate units (FLRA), 550
– – NLRBU, union certified as representative in consolidated unit, is ULP (FLRA), 311

– Representation case, digital video presentation in English and Spanish produced, In Brief, 1630
– Skip counsel rule, memo outlines policies regarding contacts with parties and witnesses represented by counsel, 1628
– Two-member quorum

– – Confidentiality, temporary agency that fired worker for using broad provision violated NLRA §8(a)(1), two-member ruling upheld (1st Cir.), 439; (U.S., petition filed), 1415
– – Representation election, two-member panel authorized to issue decisions and orders under §3(b) in ruling challenging UFCW election (2d Cir.), 1012; (U.S., petition filed), 1513
– – ULPs

– – – Nursing home that changed benefits and policies without bargaining, legality of two-member ruling rejected (D.C. Cir.), 709; NLRB urges upholding legality of two-member rulings (U.S., cert. petition filed), 1553; (U.S., briefs filed), 1679
– – – Steel firm that repudiated pact and withdrew recognition from IAM, legality of two-member ruling upheld (7th Cir.), 709; resolution to 2-1 circuit split upholding two-member authority ruling sought (U.S., petition filed), 893; NLRB asks justices to uphold authority (U.S., brief filed), 1553

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD (NMB)

– ADR, negotiators will be required to submit application form, In Brief, 1512
– Annual performance and accountability report for FY2009 highlighted, conference, 445
– Appointments and personnel changes, Obama names Puchala member, 463; Puchala sworn in, 891; Obama plans to name Hoglander to third term, In Brief, 993; Dougherty becomes chairman, succeeding Puchala, In Brief, 1119; Senate confirms Hoglander reappointment, In Brief, 1235; Senate HELP Comm. approves Hoglander nomination, In Brief, 1275
– Budget

– – FY2009

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1105

– – FY2010, Obama proposes $13.4M, 791

– Delta Air Lines/Northwest Airlines

– – AMFA, NMB accepts request to end union certification to represent mechanics, Delta vows to align pay, benefits and work rules, 352
– – Single transportation system

– – – AFA asks NMB to declare system to spur representation election, 1211; delaying election while NMB considers request to change voting rules opposed, 1620
– – – IAM asks NMB to declare system for three job classifications, 1329

– E-filing trial period and comments extended to Aug. 10, In Brief, 1136
– Railroad arbitration cases, NMB closes over 7K grievance cases in FY2009, 1716
– Representation elections

– – AirTran Airways, IAM files petition to represent fleet and passenger service and reservation agents, 1088
– – Balloting policy, unions urge change, 1575
– – Continental Airlines, IBT files petition to represent fleet service workers, 1671
– – Delta Air Lines/Northwest Airlines, AFA asks NMB to declare single transportation system to spur election, 1211; delaying election while NMB considers request to change voting rules opposed, 1620
– – Frontier Airlines, AFA-CWA files petition, 1581
– – Internet voting, comments sought on allowing participants to post hyperlinks to voting website, 1551

– UAL, AFT, IAM and ALPA request mediation help with bargaining talks, 1290

NATIONAL NURSES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (CNA/NNOC)

– Good Samaritan Hosp. and San Jose Reg'l Med. Ctr., pact ratified, 1290
– Las Vegas hospitals, RNs elect as bargaining agent ousting SEIU, 556
– New national union for RNs, CNA/NNOC, MNA and UAN plan to form United Am. Nurses-Natl. Nurses Org. Comm., 273; delegates agree to more talks, 429; CNA/NNOC vote to join Natl. Nurses United (NNU), 1455; NNU combines 3 nurses union, convention will be held in Dec. in Ariz., 1458
– SEIU, agreement reached to jointly organize health care employees and bargain with employers, 472
– Tenet Healthcare, Cypress Fairbanks, Park Plaza Hosp., complaint filed for unlawfully promulgated rules denying conference room access to anti-union groups (NLRB Reg. Dir.), 564
– ULPs, hospital threatened loss of pay hikes and interfered with union activity prior to representation election (NLRB ALJ), 25

NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION

– Prayer breaks, EEOC rules meat firm bias for firing Muslims after walkout over denied accommodation, 1401
– Remarks, promotion denial, and firing, Iranian Muslim quantitative analyst gets damages, EEOC accord (S.D.N.Y.), 62

NCFO

See FIREMEN AND OILERS (NCFO)

NEA

See TEACHERS (NEA)

NEEDLETRADES, INDUSTRIAL, AND TEXTILE EMPLOYEES (UNITE)

See now UNITE HERE

NEMSA

See EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (NEMSA)

NEPAL

– Child labor prevention, ILAB offers grants for funding, In Brief, 600

NETWORKS

See INFORMATION NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGY

NEUTRALITY AGREEMENTS

See RECOGNITION OF UNIONS

NEVADA

– Domestic partner benefits, Legislature overrides veto, 948
– Minimum wage, hike effective July, gov. says, 578
– OSH Program, OSHA finds deficiencies, 1727
– Save Our Secret Ballot, business-backed group announces campaign urging states to adopt constitutional amendments requiring for union representation, 70; state secret ballot initiatives prompt debate over NLRA preemption and constitutionality, attorneys say, Analysis and Perspective, 533

NEW HAMPSHIRE

– WARN Act, gov. signs bill, 1320

NEW JERSEY

– First Amend., N.J. sign ordinance banning union from displaying inflatable rat to protest use of nonunion contractor violates First Amend., conviction of IBEW Local 269 official overturned (N.J.), 245
– Health standards, state legislature urges federal DOL to reject proposed risk assessment rule, 34
– Job creation, gov. signs bill, 40
– Misclassification of employees as independent contractors

– – FedEx Ground drivers, misclassifying may circumvent worker protections, result in uncollected tax revenues, state AGs say, 1042; claim against FedEx planned, 1734
– – Penalties, gov. signs bill, allows stop-work order against violators, 1195

– Religious bias legislation enacted, 299
– Transit police lieutenant denied promotions in retaliation for sex bias complaints awarded damages (N.J. Super. Ct.), 366
– Unemployment insurance, nurses striking hospital entitled to recover since strike failed to meet definition of “work stoppage” under N.J. law (N.J.), 207

NEW MEXICO

– Minimum wage, gov. signs bill allowing treble damages for violations, 620

NEW YORK

– Crime victims, N.Y. union local and benefit funds not crime victims due restitution from construction official guilty of conspiracy (2d Cir.), 970
– Green Jobs-Green N.Y. Act, gov. signs bill, 1695
– Independent contractor misclassifications, claim against FedEx planned, 1734
– Nurse staffing disclosure, State Assembly approves bill, 1196; gov. signs bill, 1694
– Privacy, new law restricts employer use of Social Security numbers and communication of personal data to public, 73; 2008 legislation enacted, 299
– Retaliation, filing grievance over overtime distribution not protected activity, no Title VII, N.Y. HR Law claim (W.D.N.Y.), 1676
– Swine flu (H1N1 virus), mandatory vaccine for health care employees suspended, 1733
– Wage and hour laws

– – Amish grocery chain and affiliates settle dispute, 362
– – Asian restaurant owner agrees to $2.3M accord, 511
– – Bakery and gas owners arrested for failing to pay overtime and minimum wage, file taxes, pay into unemployment insurance fund, 513
– – Car wash owners fined for FLSA violations (E.D.N.Y.), 238
– – Employer retaliation, gov. signs bill hiking penalties and allowing damages, 1443
– – N.Y.C. retail workers receive low wages and limited health benefits, study, 41
– – Underpaid wages, Labor Dep't recovery announced, 73
– – Wage Watch launched to monitor compliance, Comm'r Smith says, 165

– WARN Act, emergency/proposed rules governing interpretation and implementation for Act passed in 2008 issued, 222; job losses prompt publication of rules, 338
– Whistleblower, gov. vetoes bill expanding protections for public and private employees, 1609

NEW YORK STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION (NYSNA)

– Community Med. Ctr., new representation election ordered (NLRB), 932

NEWSPAPER AND MAIL DELIVERERS' UNION (NMDU)

– IBT affiliation announced, In Brief, 314

NEWSPAPER GUILD (TNG-CWA)

– Boston Newspaper Guild Local 31245 and Boston Globe attain pact, 715; details of concessionary “understanding” reached with management received, 761; pact concessions rejected, 922; ULP filed with NLRB, talks resume, 961; pact attained, 1044; Guild approves revised package agreement, 1168
– Chicago Newspaper Guild rejects concessionary pact with Sun-Times Media Group, 1505; bankruptcy judge approves sale after pact ratification (D. Del.), 1621
– Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild (WBNG)

– – AFL-CIO, 1-year pact extension approved, includes successor clause, 1625
– – Local 32035

– – – Tribune Co. ordered to disclose $70M executive bonus plan (Bankr. D. Del.), 1343
– – – Washington Post, pact ratified, 960

NEWSPAPERS

– Boston Globe, pact attained with Boston Newspaper Guild Local 31245, 715; details of concessionary “understanding” reached with management received, 761; pact concessions rejected, 922; ULP filed with NLRB, talks resume, 961; pact attained, 1044; Guild approves revised package agreement, 1168
– Chinese Daily News, asking worker about representation election vote during wage and hour suit deposition was ULP (NLRB), 59
– Gannett, job cuts announced, 1085
– Globe Newspaper, LMRA §301, arbitrator's award of “second-generation” interest arbitration lacked employer consent, vacated (D. Mass.), 1378
– Gopher News, ERISA fiduciary breach, delivery drivers terminated under adverse selection rule may proceed against Cen. States Fund (D. Minn.), 287
– McClatchy Co. announce job cuts, 392
– Media Gen. Operations d/b/a Tampa Tribune, using profanity to describe executive not protected activity (4th Cir.), 485
– New York Times, nonunion employees will get pay cuts in exchange for paid leave, layoffs of business employees announced, 512; Newspaper Guild of N.Y. agrees to pay cut in exchange for leave, 716; buyout offers extended to cut newsroom jobs, 1667
– San Francisco Chronicle, Cal. Media Workers Guild, CWA Local 39521 affiliate, ratifies pact concessions, 434
– Sun-Times Media Group, Chicago Newspaper Guild rejects concessionary pact, 1505; sale approved after pact ratification (D.Del.), 1621
– Tribune Co. ordered to disclose executive bonus plan with WBNG Local 32035 (Bankr. D. Del.), 1343
– Tribune Publ'g, allowing dues checkoff after CBA expired and then reversing decision without bargaining with GCC-IBT is ULP (D.C. Cir.), 684
– Washington Post offers voluntary retirement incentive program, 512; WBNG Local 32035 ratifies pact, 960

NFN

See NATIONAL FEDERATION OF NURSES (NFN)

NIOSH

See NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NIOSH)

NLRA

See NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (NLRA)

NLRB

See NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)

NMB

See NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD (NMB)

NMDU

See NEWSPAPER AND MAIL DELIVERERS' UNION (NMDU)

NNOC

See NATIONAL NURSES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (CNA/NNOC)

NOISE

– Permissible exposure limits, Am. Indus. Hygiene Ass'n urges OSHA to cut, 735

NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS

– Idaho enacts restrictive covenant legislation, 299
– New technologies, familiarization with urged, attorney-client privilege could be compromised, attorneys say, conference, 528

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

– Catholic health care institutions, bishops, hospitals and labor unions unveil nonbinding union guidelines, 7 key points outlined, 999
– Childcare institution not FLSA-covered enterprise despite payroll link to employee leasing firm, Op. Letter, 498
– Citizens United, campaign finance, FEC regulation and disclosure of corporate-funded messages about federal candidates challenged (U.S., oral arg), 524; reargument ordered (U.S., order), 1059; Citizens United challenges FEC, over 40 briefs submitted pending reargument (U.S., briefs filed), 1255; analysts offer differing views on impact of ending campaign spending limits, 1488; defenders urge justices to leave law intact (U.S., oral arg), 1514
– Red Cross, Natl. Workers Rights Bd. urges change in employee relations policy, 1654

NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA)

– Mex. cross border trucking pilot program

– – Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass'n seeks ruling on legal challenge (9th Cir.), 558; case moot because FMCSA ended program (9th Cir.), 634
– – Retaliation for ban, Mex. will increase duties on U.S. commodity exports, Camp (R-Mich.) and Brady (R-Texas) say, 437; Obama and Mex. Pres. Calderon will resolve dispute over ban, 633; Sherman (D-Calif.) asks if USTR will challenge excessive tariffs, 1010; Alliance to Keep U.S. Jobs vows to press White House and Congress to resolve dispute, 1216

NORTH CAROLINA

– Child labor, gov. signs bill that increases penalties for violators, 1231
– Job training initiative launched, gov. says, In Brief, 657
– Smoking ban in bars and restaurants, Legislature approves, 827; gov. signs bill, 868

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (CNMI)

– Guestworkers, DHS delays application of federal laws to CNMI until Nov., 577

NOTICE AND NOTIFICATION

– COBRA

See CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA)

– FMLA

See FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA)

– Injury rates, OSHA notifies employers with “considerably higher” rates, 649
– Layoffs

– – Alert Laid-Off Employees in Reasonable Time (ALERT) Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2077

– – Notice

See WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION (WARN) ACT

– – P.R. grain firm's failure to bargain over layoffs of striking workers with union is ULP (NLRB), 364

– Picketing, NLRB ruling that firing correctional medical clinic workers for failing to give advance notice was lawful reversed (2d Cir.), 1014
– Posting

See POSTING NOTICES

NUHW

See HEALTHCARE WORKERS (NUHW)

NURSES

– Aerosol transmissible diseases standard, Cal/OSHA Bd. approves, 860; hearing held, compliance deadline Aug. 5, 1186; Cal. Office of Admin. Law approves standard, 1187
– Antitrust class action, conspiracy to depress wages

– – Albany hospitals seek preliminary approval of settlement (N.D.N.Y.), 388
– – Chicago nurses seeking class certification challenging wage suppression cannot show common questions of law or fact predominate (N.D. Ill.), 1589
– – Detroit hospital and two RNs seek preliminary approval of class action settlement (E.D. Mich.), 522; unionized hospital not entitled to claims dismissal by RNs alleging Sherman Act violation (E.D. Mich.), 523

– Conscience laws, HHS issues final rule to enhance protections for health care workers with religious or moral objections to health care services, 19; state AG says HHS rule unlawful and unconstitutional (D. Conn.), 123; HHS proposes to rescind law, 397
– Hospitals

See HOSPITALS

– Inspections, OSHA Site-Specific Targeting (SST) program target as high-hazard facility, 1426
– Northside Med. Ctr., bankrupt Forum Health wins pact concessions from Ohio nurses' unions, 1209
– Pandemic influenza

See INFLUENZA

– Professional codes of conduct, ethics and integrity, website aimed at increasing awareness launched, 863
– Safe patient handling

– – Nurse-to-patient staffing ratio

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2273, S 1031

– – OSHA standard

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2381, S 1788

– SEIU Healthcare Pa., pact ratified with Allegheny Hosp., 1670
– Shifts, FLSA claim over base hourly pay rates related to schedule rejected (9th Cir.), 1719
– Shortage incentives, HHS will provide $13.4M to help pay for student loans and nursing schools, 1339
– Southampton Hosp., N.Y., SEIU UHW-E certified to represent registered nurses, 31
– Staffing ratio

– – Cal. nurse minimum staffing ratios have little effect on quality patient care, study, 301
– – Legislation

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2273, S 1031

– – N.Y., State Assembly approves bill to require disclosure of staffing information, 1196; gov. signs bill, 1694

– Swine flu (H1N1)

See generally H1N1 VIRUS

– Training, ETA solicits applications for $220M in grants, 1175
– Unemployment insurance, nurses striking hospital entitled to recover since strike failed to meet definition of “work stoppage” under N.J. law (N.J.), 207
– Unions

– – ANA

See NURSES (ANA)

– – Cal. Nurses Ass'n (CNA)

See CALIFORNIA NURSES (CNA)
– – – NNOC

See NATIONAL NURSES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (CNA/NNOC)

– – Mass. Nurses Ass'n (MNA)

See MASSACHUSETTS NURSES (MNA)

– – New national union for RNs, CNA/NNOC, MNA and UAN plan to form United Am. Nurses-Natl. Nurses Org. Comm., 273; delegates agree to more talks, 429; CNA/NNOC vote to join Natl. Nurses United (NNU), 1455; NNU combines 3 nurses union, convention will be held in Dec. in Ariz., 1458
– – NFN

See NATIONAL FEDERATION OF NURSES (NFN)

– – Nurses United of the Natl. Capital Region and Wash. Hosp. Ctr. ratify 1-year pact, 676
– – NYSNA

See NEW YORK STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION (NYSNA)

– – United Am. Nurses

See NURSES (UAN)

– – WSNA

See WASHINGTON STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION (WSNA)

– Violence, emergency nurses subjected to physical and verbal abuse, survey, 1351
– Visas, USCIS urged to expedite processing to help alleviate nursing shortage, 42

NURSES (ANA)

– Staffing requirements, claim that HHS unlawfully failed to ensure compliance and delegated authority to private party rejected (D.D.C.), 208

NURSES (UAN)

– New national union for RNs

– – Natl. Fed'n of Nurses (NFN), nurses groups in Montana, N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Ore. and Wash. form, 631
– – United Am. Nurses-Natl. Nurses Org. Comm., CNA/NNOC, MNA and UAN plan to form, 273; delegates agree to more talks, 429; CNA/NNOC vote to join Natl. Nurses United (NNU), 1455; NNU combines 3 nurses union, convention will be held in Dec. in Ariz., 1458

NURSING HOMES

– Assisted living

See ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (ALFs)

– Avery Heights, challenge to whether failure to reinstate strikers while secretly hiring permanent replacements violates NLRA (U.S., rev den), 1632
– Heartland Health Care Ctr., §10(j) injunction issued ordering recognition of SEIU Healthcare Mich. (E.D. Mich.), 602; settlement approved (NLRB Reg. Dir.), 1299
– Kindred Healthcare, 3-year SEIU UHW-W pact ratified, 13
– Kingsbridge Heights Rehab. & Care Ctr., issuance of NLRA §10(j) injunction against owner committing ULP affirmed, reinstatement of SEIU strikers upheld (2d Cir.), 849
– Laurel Baye, NLRB two-member ruling that unilaterally changing benefits, policies without UFCW bargaining is ULP rejected (D.C. Cir.), 709; NLRB urges upholding legality of two-member rulings (U.S., cert. petition filed), 1553; (U.S., briefs filed), 1679
– NUHW

See HEALTHCARE WORKERS (NUHW)

– Regal Health & Rehab Ctr., interrogation, threats, firing of pro-union workers likely ULPs, ordered to recognize, bargain with SEIU (N.D. Ill.), 812; recognition, bargaining ordered (NLRB), 1473
– Safe patient handling

– – Nurse-to-patient staffing ratio

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2273, S 1031

– – OSHA standard

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2381, S 1788

– SF Market St. Healthcare, “perfectly clear” successor exception inapplicable, no duty to bargain with SEIU Local 434B (D.C. Cir.), 1092
– Site-Specific Targeting (SST), included in OSHA program, 1426
– Snell Island SNF d/b/a/ Shore Acres Rehab. & Nursing Ctr., two-member NLRB panel authorized to issue decisions and orders under NLRA §3(b) in ruling challenging UFCW representation election (2d Cir.), 1012; (U.S., petition filed), 1513
– Swine flu (H1N1)

See generally H1N1 VIRUS