The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a final rule over the holidays and restored balance to its union election procedures. The new NLRB Election Rule takes effect April 16, 2020. . The Quickie Election Rule of 2015 The Obama-era Board implemented the current rules in 2015. The partisan-driven rule change upended eighty years of…
It started out like any other fall day, at Decco, Inc., New England’s premiere provider of high purity pipe fitting, construction, and service work to bio-pharmaceutical, technology, and manufacturing industries. Then “it” came! “What is this?” “An NLRB petition?” Decco’s leadership knew this meant trouble. They didn’t know anything about captive audience rules or a…
New Labor Board Goes Nuclear Nuclear? Exaggeration? No! In one week, the NLRB brought fairness to parts of the nation’s labor policy. The week of December 11, 2017 was historic. The NLRB and its new Republican-majority released four landmark decisions, and began rolling back one of the most unfair rules in the history of the…
Agency Fees May Not Be Required The Supreme Court heard arguments on a case out of Illinois – Harris v. Quinn – this past week about whether or not workers can be forced to pay fees to a union whether or not they belong to the union. A case that, in the words of Justice Elena Kagan,…
Re-Issuing the “quickie” election is payback to big labor by liberal administration The NLRB has renewed its push to speed up the union election process, and employers should take note. The press release announcing the proposed rule can be found here. A federal court blocked the Board’s earlier attempt in 2012 because the Board lacked…