Labor Board Skirts Precedents in Decision Over Union Organizers

Sept. 26, 2024, 11:05 PM UTC

The NLRB ruled against a Georgia-based industrial fabricator for refusing to hire union organizers, in a decision rejecting a bid by the agency’s top lawyer to overturn precedents set during the past two GOP administrations.

The National Labor Relations Board Thursday affirmed an administrative law judge’s 2023 ruling that ARK Fabricators Inc. violated federal labor law by not considering for hire or hiring three workers because of their union activity.

There has been a dearth of precedent-setting agency decisions in the last 12 months. Since the Senate reconfirmed member Gwynne Wilcox in September 2023—maintaining the board’s 3-1 Democratic majority—the board ...

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