NLRA, Union Organizers, Union Elections

Trump Names New Labor Board Nominees: The 5 Cases That Could Soon Reshape the Law

Fisher Phillips on 7/21/2025

After several months without a functioning quorum, President Trump nominated James Murphy and Scott Mayer to fill vacant seats on the National Labor Relations Board late last week, signaling the potential for a significant...more

Republican Senator Surprises Employers By Releasing Framework for Pro-Labor Bill: 7 Key Sections to Track

Fisher Phillips on 1/13/2025

Just days into the newest Congressional session, a key Republican Senator shocked many employers by pushing for a law that would significantly tilt the playing field to the benefit of unions and labor advocates. Senator Josh...more

NLRB Restricts Captive Audience Meetings

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/9/2024

In November 2024, in Amazon.com Services LLC, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it requires employees to attend meetings in which the...more

NLRB Bans Mandatory Captive Audience Meetings to Help Unions Mislead Workers

Amundsen Davis LLC on 11/18/2024

Since 1948, employers could lawfully require employee attendance at on the clock captive audience meetings, even under threat of discharge or discipline. That changed this week as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in...more

NLRB Issues Two Decisions Limiting Management's Ability to Contest Unionization

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/15/2024

During union representation campaigns, it is common for employers to advise employees of the downsides posed by union recognition. The current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has criticized these tactics, alleging that...more

Can my employees really unionize without an election?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/21/2024

Following a landmark NLRB ruling last year, the answer is yes. For the last several decades, the process for union recognition of an employer’s workforce was largely unchanged....more

The Labor Law Insider: Whistleblower Breaks Details of NLRB Mail Ballot Election Abuse - Part I

Husch Blackwell LLP on 9/19/2024

The Labor Law Insider is excited to share this episode, an exclusive interview with Rebecca Dormon, former assistant regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 15, as she shares her story for the...more

NLRB puts kibosh on American tradition of whiskey for votes

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/18/2024

According to U.S. News & World Report, in 1758 George Washington was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses after he plied voters with beer, whiskey, rum punch, and wine. He did so after a landslide loss three years...more

Union Election Petitions in 2024: The Story So Far; Employer Petitions Skyrocket, but Don’t Detract from Union Petition Rates

Benesch on 3/4/2024

The Fallout from the NLRB’s Cemex Decision - As we previously addressed, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) August 25, 2023, decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC overturned long-established...more

[Webinar] What Recent NLRB Developments and Increased Union Organizing Mean for Your Business - December 21st, 10:00 am - 11:00 am...

Baker Donelson on 12/13/2023

In the latter half of 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued some of its most significant decisions in decades, and they affect both unionized and non-union long term care facilities. The result is that...more

The Labor Law Insider: Forget the Election: Union Representation Without the Messy Election is the Next Labor Law Reality, Part II

Husch Blackwell LLP on 12/11/2023

Husch Blackwell partners Tom O’Day and Tyler Paetkau join Labor Law Insider host Tom Godar in Part II of this discussion of the impact of new Cemex decision by the NLRB. Suddenly, minor violations of the National Labor...more

Practical Impacts of the ‘Cemex’ Decision

BakerHostetler on 12/1/2023

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) landmark decision in the Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC case, issued on August 25, signifies an attempt by its current leadership to turn around long-declining union...more

We Know What the NLRB Did Last Summer: 7 Recent Labor Board Moves That Could Haunt You This Fall and Beyond

Fisher Phillips on 10/2/2023

As fall creeps up on us — and you trade your beach days and barbeques for hayrides and horror flicks — don’t forget about all the activity from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this past summer that could cause...more

Post-Labor Day Wrap Up: What NLRB’s 2023 Decisions Mean for Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/22/2023

In the weeks surrounding Labor Day 2023, the National Labor Relations Board overturned precedent with decisions and rules significantly impacting both union and non-union employers. The result is labor laws encouraging both...more

NLRB Streamlines Union Election Procedures

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/1/2023

The National Labor Relations Board has continued its reversal of Trump-era decisions. The NLRB issued a final rule expediting union election procedures, making it more difficult for employers to react and respond to...more

NLRB Signals Preference for Union Recognition Without Secret Ballot Elections

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 9/1/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) signaled last week its preference that employers voluntarily recognize unions based on “card check” rather than a secret ballot election. In Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC,...more

NLRB Resurrects ‘Quickie Election’ Rules

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 8/31/2023

On Aug. 25, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a Final Rule that will reduce the time between the filing of a union election petition and the date the election occurs....more

HEADS, I WIN – TAILS, YOU LOSE: The NLRB's Decision in Cemex and Its Recently (Re)issued Election Rules Pave the Way for Unions to...

FordHarrison on 8/30/2023

Executive Summary: For nearly 90 years, whether employees desired union representation was determined through a secret ballot election administered by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board). Though the National...more

NLRB's New Framework for Union Organizing Puts Employers at a Severe Disadvantage

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/29/2023

The National Labor Relations Board has issued a groundbreaking decision that jettisons 50 years of established law to provide unions a more favorable framework to organize nonunion companies. On the heels of new rules...more

Labor Board Issues New Election Rules and Makes It Easier for Workers to Unionize Without a Vote

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/28/2023

The National Labor Relations Board continued its efforts to facilitate union organizing and upended significant aspects of prior precedent by: (1) making it easier for unions to circumvent the Board’s election procedures...more

BREAKING NEWS! NLRB Makes It Much Easier For Unions to Represent Employees By Forcing Employers to Recognize A Union Under Certain...

Amundsen Davis LLC on 8/25/2023

August 25, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just handed big labor a major assist when it comes to union organizing. In Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC and International Brotherhood of Teamsters...more

Union Election Petitions on the Rise, Total Number of FY21 Petitions Eclipses in First Three Quarters of FY22

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/18/2022

On July 13, 2022 the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) announced that by May 25th, 2022 the number of union representation petitions filed with the Board surpassed the total number of petitions filed in...more

General Counsel Abruzzo Looks to Overturn Board Precedent Again: This Time, Seeking to Broaden Union Access to Public Spaces

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 5/31/2022

In an Advice Memorandum released on May 25, 2022, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo laid out a blueprint for changes she’d like made to Board precedent concerning union representatives’ access to employer property. At...more

Union Representation Petitions Are Up 57 Percent, but That’s Not All!

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 5/16/2022

Americans view labor unions more favorably than they have in decades, and the recent shift in support seems to be yielding results. The private sector unionization rate was just 6.1 percent in 2021, and Union membership in...more

Are Captive-Audience Meetings and Secret-Ballot Elections About to Vanish?

Stinson LLP on 5/6/2022

Uncertainty looms as NLRB General Counsel seeks to upend a combined 127 years of settled labor law to help unions organize workplaces Labor law has long been somewhat prone to uncertainty and inconsistency. - Each new...more

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