Employer Bids for Union Elections Boom in Wake of Cemex Ruling

The number of employer requests for union elections has exploded since the National Labor Relations Board adopted a new framework for representation last summer.

Employers have submitted 254 union election petitions in the six months since the board’s August 2023 decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, a landmark ruling designed to reduce labor law violations in the run-up to a vote by establishing paths to union representation without an election.

The number of employer-filed election requests, known as “RM petitions,” following Cemex represents a more than 2,700% increase over the nine petitions filed in the six months before ...