Broad coalition steps in as one union in a women’s shoe department on New York’s Fifth Avenue has retailers stomping Trade associations are continuing to wage a bare-knuckled campaign against the National Labor Relations Board on a number of issues, but the biggest fight for retailers and other groups now concerns the board’s ruling that employees can organize into small bargaining units within a workforce. “Micro-unions are our number one issue,” said Katherine Lugar, executive vice president for public affairs at the Retail Industry Leaders Association. “Our companies have been very clear in saying that this is the biggest threat right now.” Like the other disputes, the… Read More