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…

The Board will issue a proposed rule sometime this winter that will address the NLRB’s “Blocking Charge” policy to pause elections if workers or unions file complaints alleging employers interfered with the elections. The proposal will also take up the NLRB’s rule that workers must wait at least six months before they can file petitions seeking to oust…

I don’t disagree with the law: an employer’s initial success in opposing a union organizing effort is unlawful if there were threats of job loss by management shortly before the vote. I do, however, disagree with what the NLRB determined were unlawful statements by the Company. Here, the employees voted 73-118 to remain union-free. This…

A union election was underway. One group of employees alleged co-worker Williams threatened to hang any employee who did not vote for the union “like they did…back in the 60s”. The company fired Williams. Williams filed an unfair labor practice charge over his termination. At hearing, the two employees maintained they heard the threat while…

In contrast to yesterday’s blog post that summarized a decision where the NLRB upheld a micro bargaining unit, today the Board refuses to find that a micro bargaining unit is necessary. The Teamsters union petitioned for an election of only drivers who drive company-owned vehicles and excluding drivers who use their own vehicles. The Regional…

Just 14 service technician employees at Buena Park Honda sought to organize a union. The employer thought that, at a minimum, lube technicians should be included in the bargaining unit, but the NLRB disagreed because, according to the Board, other workers did not share “an overwhelming community of interest.” When employees of a labor organization…