On December 13, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a request for information in the Federal Register seeking public comments on the agency’s existing union representation election rules. The NLRB last changed these rules in December 2014 to establish what many refer to as “quickie elections”. At that time, the NLRB had a … Read more
Keeping in mind that this is a management law blog, I’m obviously coming at this from the perspective of employers, not unions. And the short answer to this question is that most companies don’t want their employees to organize a union in their workplace. Fundamentally, unions tend to increase costs and reduce management flexibility. Here’s how … Read more