Labor Board Eases Union Organizing of Smaller Worker Groups (2)

The National Labor Relations Board handed down a ruling that lowers the bar for unions to organize smaller groups of employees within larger workplaces.

The NLRB’s 3-2 decision Wednesday overturned a Trump-era precedent that tightened the legal test for approving smaller bargaining units—known in management circles as “micro units"—and reinstated the standard set during the Obama administration.

The board’s Democratic majority brought back the standard from its 2011 decision in Speciality Healthcare, a more lenient test that can help unions tailor the group of workers they want to represent and avoid needing to win over more employees than they had ...