Labor Board Renews ‘Blocking Charge’ Policy in Election Rule (2)

The National Labor Relations Board rolled back a trio of union election policies from the final year of the Trump administration covering blocking charges and rules related to voluntary recognition of unions absent a secret ballot election.

The NLRB’s three Democratic members issued a regulation Friday that revived its blocking charge policy that allows for pausing an election—including a decertification vote to eject an existing union from a workplace—when unfair labor practices are alleged.

The rule also restored the full six-month bar on decertification petitions for voluntarily recognized unions by eliminating the 45-day window to challenge such recognition, and eased ...