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NLRB Restores Obama-Era Decision Supporting Unions' Right to Engage in "Micro-Unit" Organizing

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The pendulum has swung once again. On Dec. 14, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued a decision in American Steel Construction, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 23 (2022), modifying the framework applied in...more

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NLRB Returns to Specialty Healthcare Bargaining-Unit Determination Standard

In a decision impacting employers that face a petition for election that seeks to represent part of the workforce, a divided National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) returned to its former Specialty Healthcare standard to apply...more

Burr & Forman

The National Labor Relations Board’s Return to So-Called “Micro-Bargaining-Units” and What it Could Mean for Employers

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In a busy (and divided) week for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”), the Board issued a 3-2 decision in American Steel Construction, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 23 (Dec. 14, 2022), reverting the test for...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

NLRB Brings Back Micro-Units, Paving the Way for More Union Organizing

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The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday revived an Obama-era standard that will make it easier for unions to organize employees and win elections. In a 3-2 decision in American Steel Construction Inc., the Board...more

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With American Steel, Micro-Units Are Again a Likely Possibility

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After a year of consideration including amicus briefs on the matter, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) revived another Obama-era precedent in a decision issued December 14, 2022.  In American Steel, 372 NLRB No. 23,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

NLRB returns to “micro-bargaining units” for union representation elections

On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board modified the standard used to determine whether a “petitioned-for” bargaining unit is appropriate for union representation when a party contends that the unit is inappropriate...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Labor Board to Revisit Standard for Determining Appropriate Unit for Bargaining

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has announced that it is considering adopting a more union-friendly approach in determining the appropriate voting unit when a union petitions for an election. American Steel...more

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Micro-Units Are Back In Healthcare Union Organizing

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Hospitals and non-acute care settings beware: Micro-Units are about to make their way back into Healthcare Union organizing. Over the coming months, we can expect to see many significant changes to labor issues affecting...more

Epstein Becker & Green

NLRB Adds New Three-Part Test to Standard for Evaluating Appropriateness of Bargaining Units

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One of the matters of significance to employers and unions under the National Labor Relations Act that became a point of contention under the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) during the Obama Administration...more

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NLRB Continues Shift Toward Employer-Friendly Workplace Standards

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued two 3-1 decisions this week, continuing a string of rulings favoring employers over unions or workers. Details on the decisions follow. ...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Bargaining Unit Can Still Be ‘Micro’ Under ‘Community Of Interest’ Standard

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After the NLRB adopted a new standard for determining bargaining-unit composition, many expected fewer micro-units would result. PCC Structurals, 365 NLRB No. 160 (2017) (PCC I). However, when the employer filed a request for...more

Roetzel & Andress

"It's Like Déjà Vu All Over Again" : The Boeing Micro-Unit Case

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It looks like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will have another opportunity to clarify the test for determining whether a micro-unit of employees in a functionally integrated manufacturing plant constitutes an...more

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Machinists Gain Foothold at Boeing

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In a much watched union election at Boeing’s North Charleston, South Carolina facility, the International Association of Machinist won a secret ballot election in a “micro unit”. The vote included 169 workers, 104 or 61.5%...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Top Five Labor Law Developments For December 2017

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1.In Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, 365 NLRB No. 156 (Dec. 14, 2017), the National Labor Relations Board overruled Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015), an Obama-era decision that held two entities are joint...more

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NLRB Tosses "Overwhelming Community of Interest" Standard and Returns to the "Traditional Community of Interest" Standard in...

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On December 15, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) overruled Specialty Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB 934 (2011), which required an “overwhelming community of interest” when...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Trump NLRB Reverses Rule on 'Micro-Units,' Continues Overhaul of Obama-Era Rulings

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As we discussed last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been working hard during the holiday season to reverse landmark decisions issued by the Obama-era Board. The Board’s efforts to reshape federal labor...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

NLRB Gift: Staying Non-Union May Be A Little Easier

The NLRB offered a holiday gift to employers this year, overturning an Obama-era decision that allowed unions to organize “micro-units” of employees, by restoring a more employer-friendly standard to determine an “appropriate...more

Fisher Phillips

End of the Year Whirlwind for Labor and OSHA Matters! Part II of III – NLRB.

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No other agency so radically changed the law under the Obama Administration; nor galvanized so much management-side resistance as the National Labor relations Board (NLRB). So it seems appropriate that the NLRB would stagger...more

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It’s Back: NLRB Overturns Specialty Healthcare, Returns to Traditional Community-of-Interest Standard

On December 15, 2017, a divided National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a significant decision in PCC Structurals, Inc., 365 NLRB No. 160, overturning the controversial “overwhelming community-of-interest” test from...more

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2017 Ending With A Bang: Obama Era NLRB “Micro Unit” Ruling Reversed

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2017 is coming to an end, and with somewhat of a Bang! for labor relations moving forward under Trump’s NLRB. In a matter involving PCC Structurals, Inc. and the Intern’l Assoc. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

The NLRB’s General Counsel Rescinds, Revokes and Questions

On December 1, 2017, two weeks after being sworn in, NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued his first GC Memorandum. When the General Counsel’s office changes hands from one party to the other, some disruption is expected....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Executive Labor Summary - November / December 2017

News & Analysis- Leadoff memorandum of new NLRB General Counsel Robb draws immediate fire from Democrats NLRB Republican majority goes to work and asks for comment on the so-called “quickie election” rule Miscimarra is...more

Payne & Fears

NLRB Ends Unionizing of Micro-Units

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In the final days of 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nixed yet another Obama-Era decision, overruling a highly controversial decision in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB 934...more

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The Winds Keep Blowing: Miscimarra’s Final Days with the NLRB Produce More Change for Employers

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Last week we issued two alerts covering the winds of change blowing at the NLRB. The strong winds continued on Friday, December 15 as the Board overruled two more decisions: one addressing an employer’s duty to bargain; the...more

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What's Appropriate: The NLRB Overturns Specialty Healthcare

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As part of the National Labor Relations Board’s spate of recent decisions reversing Obama-era Board precedent, on December 15, 2017, the Board in PCC Structurals, Inc., 365 NLRB No. 160 (2017) overturned Specialty Healthcare,...more

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