Ambush Elections: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Regardless upon which side of the argument you sit, the statistics of the first 150 days post-ambush elections will help your argument. Management lawyers argue that the dire warnings were well founded. Pro-labor law reformists say the warnings were much ado about nothing. You should make up your own mind after learning the stats. Union…
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Healthcare and White-Collar Jobs: Unions’ Favorite Targets Since Ambush Election Rules Took Effect

The ambush election rules implemented on April 14, 2015, provide an increased advantage to unions attempting to organize workers by dramatically reducing the number of days between when a petition for a union election is filed and when the election is held. This advantage makes it critical for employers to know which industries have been…
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The Statistics Are In – Ambush Election Rules are Hurting Employers

We have shared our ongoing concern over the NLRB’s new ambush election rules, and recent statistics show that these concerns are warranted. The impact of the new election rules – fondly called the “ambush” election rules – is even worse than anticipated. During the first month the rules were in effect, there was a 17%…
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Ambush Election Rules are Here to Stay

Companies and the labor lawyers that represent them have been holding out hope that a court would overrule the National Labor Relations Board’s recently implemented ambush election rules, but our hopes are dashed. The ambush election rules are here to stay. Various lawsuits challenging the new election rules were filed, but courts have consistently upheld…
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As Threatened, NLRB Implements Ambush Election Rules

Yesterday, I warned that the NLRB’s ruling to allow employees to use company-provided email systems for union organizing was perhaps the first of a flurry of pro-union rulings to be released between now and the end of the year. Today the NLRB “modernized” its union election procedures. The Board’s “modern” representation procedures are heavily slanted to…
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NLRB Regulatory Action on “Quickie Election” Rule

Employers waiting for the National Labor Relation Board’s revisions to union election rules will have to wait a bit longer. According to the Board, that item is a “long term” action item.  It has been downgraded from a prior ranking. This is a possible indication that revisions to the rules have become a less important…
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