Case: Labor Relations/Fair Representation Duty (N.L.R.B.)

The National Labor Relations Board affirmed a ruling that the Laborers International Union didn’t violate its fair representation duty under the National Labor Relations Act through its hiring hall practices. The board upheld the administrative law judge’s decision that the union’s practices of maintaining its outlined job referral rule, failing to inform hiring hall users about that rule, and failing to provide certain members with requested information regarding how to register for job referrals didn’t violate their fair representation duty under the NLRA. The ALJ ruled that a hiring hall rule didn’t have to be in writing in order to ...