Hello everyone,
If you missed the February 18 LRI Client Update yesterday, here’s the quick executive summary.
Data Points- Petitions (Jan 1–Feb 18) are down 15% year-over-year; full-year 2025 was down 21%.
- Elections are down 9% year-to-date.
- Union Density (BLS 2025): Public sector: 32.9% unionized. Private sector: 5.9%, unchanged from 2024.
H ealthcare (New York State Nurses Association)- Mount Sinai and Montefiore nurses ratified a 12% increase over three years following a large strike. Nurses feel “betrayed.”
- 4,200 New York-Presbyterian nurses remain out.
- No guaranteed strike pay model.
NLRB & Courts - Board working vigorously to reduce its case backlog.
- Board signaling no major reversals until another GOP member joins.
- A new Board procedure requires ULP charging parties to submit evidence/witnesses within two weeks before the case is assigned for investigation, as clarified by GC Carey.
- SpaceX is covered under the Railway Labor Act after the NLRB defers to the National Mediation Board's asserted jurisdiction.
Around the Country- UAW–Volkswagen tentative deal delivers 20% over four years, but won’t solve the UAW problem with organizing workers in the South.
- Teamsters–UPS disputes continue amid buyouts and facility closures.
- Cassidy's labor package remains stalled and unlikely to advance before midterms.
- Sheri’s Ranch (Las Vegas): CWA filed the petition to represent 74 courtesans, potentially making them the first legalized brothel workers to unionize in the U.S.; workers cite intellectual property and content protection concerns.
Next Session: NLRB Campaign Update and Experience Share Thursday, March 19 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM CT
🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/232731069
Phil Wilson & the LRI Team
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