When can a Union See an Employer’s Investigation File: Under the National Labor Relations Act, an employer must provide a union with information it requests within a reasonable time or tell the union why the employer will not provide the information. In United States Postal Service, 371 NLRB No. 7 (2021), the union requested the investigation file…

A union-represented worker was crushed to death at work. Union officials visited the scene of the accident and then asked their own health and safety specialist to investigate. The company denied the union’s investigator access to the accident site. Instead, the company provided the investigator with two videos reenacting the accident. The union filed an…