Full Steam Ahead, At Least In Part, for Union Election Rule Changes

At the end of last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced it was going to drastically modify its union election procedures and dial back significant aspects of the “ambush election rule” that took effect in 2014. The AFL-CIO filed legal challenges against the agency’s proposed modifications, arguing the Board failed to follow certain administrative procedures, and scored a partial victory this past weekend when a judge blocked parts of the new rules from going into effect as scheduled on May 31, 2020. On June 1, however, the NLRB issued a press release stating it will move ahead with all parts of the new rule that the judge did not block.