NLRB Issues New Election Rule Regulations

For retailers the primary labor organizing risk comes from warehouse workers, dock employees and long-haul drivers. With that in mind, retailers need to be mindful of the rule passed by the December 15, 2014. That rule, sometimes referred to as the “quickie election” or “ambush election” rule expedites the union election process whereby the union files the petition for an election to become the exclusive bargaining representative of a unit of workers (i.e., warehouse workers). 

This rule is designed to reduce the time in which the election takes place so that the employer has less ability to marshal its information to contest the organizing campaign. For more information on how it will reduce time, click here.