Advocacy Group Pushes for NLRB Ruling in Long-Running Fee Case

A conservative advocacy group asked a federal appeals court to force the National Labor Relations Board to finally decide a nine-year-old case involving union fees used for lobbying expenses.

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation said in a Jan. 2 filing that the case it brought against a nurses union in Rhode Island has been ready for a decision for more than five years, making the NLRB’s delay unreasonable. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit should order the board to rule, the foundation said.

When the board decides the case, it could determine ...