Here is the breakdown of the newest U.S. Department of Labor LM-20 filings and the related NLRB activity, covering five new disclosures and one amendment from six different consulting firms.
A Rate Disappears: Quality Labor Solutions and Kodiak Roofing
When Quality Labor Solutions first disclosed its persuader agreement with Kodiak Roofing & Waterproofing, the filing listed a compensation rate of $211 per hour. The firm has since amended that filing, and the rate field is now blank.
The LMRDA requires persuader agreements to disclose the terms of compensation specifically so that workers and the public can see how much employers are spending to influence the outcome of organizing campaigns. Removing a rate after it has already been reported does not make that spending disappear — it just makes it harder to track.
The $3,000-a-Day Rate: Children’s Museum of Discovery
The highest rate in these recent disclosures belongs to Children’s Museum of Discovery (CA), which retained Action Resources at $3,000 per day to respond to an organizing drive by IBEW Local 465. The election has since closed.
$400 an Hour: Technical Safety Services
Technical Safety Services (CA) paid Flores Labor Relations $400 an hour in a campaign against the International Association of Machinists, where the election has also closed.
Workers Win at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital
SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital (WI) hired Healthcare Labor Solutions ahead of a representation election among its registered nurses. Workers voted to join SEIU Wisconsin by a margin of 511 to 63, though the hospital has since filed objections to the election and the case remains open.
No Rate Disclosed: Newcastle Building Products
Newcastle Building Products (NY) hired M. Rosado Consultants. As with the Kodiak Roofing amendment, no compensation rate appears on this filing — leaving workers in the dark about the cost of the campaign against them.
Brooklyn Bowl Brings In 181 Consulting
Brooklyn Bowl (NY) retained 181 Consulting as production workers at its Williamsburg venue seek representation by Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 4, IATSE. The election has opened and remains pending.
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