Labor Board Plans Rules on Worker Protests, Student Organizing (1)

The National Labor Relations Board plans major new rulemakings in 2019 that could curb union power while it also continues to work on a controversial regulation to limit companies’ liability for collective bargaining and unfair labor practices.

The labor board unveiled an ambitious new slate of proposed rules in its spring 2019 regulatory agenda. That includes a proposal to create new standards on worker picketing and other collective actions on an employer’s private property. Another rule would determine when student workers are covered by federal labor laws that grant private sector workers organizing and union rights. The Republican-majority board’s eventual ...