The NLRB adopted a scaled-back list of changes to union election rules (76 FR 80138), which would accelerate the election process. Last summer, the Board proposed dozens of amendments to existing union election rules, but on Nov. 30, it voted to move forward with just six of them. The new rules take effect April 30.
NAA/NMHC oppose the changes, which are part of labor groups’ broad-based efforts to improve declining unionization rates. NAA/NMHC argue that they deprive employers of sufficient time to communicate with employees before an election and delay resolving certain issues—including whether an employee is eligible to vote in a union election—until after an election has already occurred. The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, of which NMHC/NAA are members, joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in filing a lawsuit against the new rules.