Labor Board Proposal Aims to Make it Harder to Remove Unions
The National Labor Relations Board just took the first step towards scrapping Trump-era rules that had made it easier for workers to undo union representation, the next pro-labor move from an increasingly active federal agency. Thursday’s proposal from the NLRB would formally scrap 2020 agency rules issued during the previous administration that cleared the path for easier decertification procedures – allowing them to vote on the issue even after unions allege illegal interference with the process (also known as “blocking” charges). The proposal would also reinstate...