By Nelson Cary and Amanda Kuehner on Posted in ElectionsAs this blog previously discussed, the NLRB resumed union elections in April of this year after taking a short COVID-19-related hiatus in March. Thereafter, the NLRB’s General Counsel provided suggested safety protocols for conducting in-person manual elections. Now, the NLRB itself has spoken in its first decision on how to determine whether an election should… Continue Reading
By Nelson Cary and Lauren Sanders on Posted in Elections,Union OrganizingIt’s back to business for the NLRB, at least when it comes to representation elections. The NLRB announced today that it would not extend its temporary suspension of elections past this Friday, April 3, 2020. The NLRB will resume conducting elections on Monday. The NLRB had temporarily suspended NLRB elections on March 19, 2020 due… Continue Reading
By Nelson Cary on Posted in NLRBSatisfying his promised timeline, Judge James E. Boasberg issued a decision (pdf) today finding the NLRB’s election rule invalid. Quoting Woody Allen that "eighty percent of life is showing up," Judge Boasberg found that the rule was invalid because one of the NLRB members did not participate in the vote to adopt it. When the final… Continue Reading
