Ousting Unions May Get Easier as NLRB Weighs Options

School bus drivers in Rhode Island who want to force out their union hope the National Labor Relations Board can help. In the process, their case might add to a broader effort to make it easier for workers across the U.S. to decertify unions they want to eject.

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has said it will appeal an April ruling by an NLRB regional director who rejected some First Student Inc. workers’ bid to cut ties with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. That ruling turned on the board’s policy banning decertification votes at local union affiliates ...