The National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule today reviving a tactic commonly used by unions to delay votes on dissolving bargaining units or elections they think they will lose.
The rule rescinds a measure adopted by appointees of Republican former President Donald Trump in 2020, which the now Democratic-led board said could interfere with the right of employees to make free, informed decisions on union representation.
It is the latest move by the Biden-era NLRB seen as favoring unions, after the agency last year adopted rules speeding up the union election process and created a new path for unions to organize workers outside of the longstanding secret-ballot election process.
The 2020 rule that the board wiped out today had barred NLRB staff from temporarily blocking elections while a related case alleging illegal labor practices was being litigated. Read more.
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