More Mail-In Union Elections on Tap Under NLRB’s Virus Framework

National Labor Relations Board officials have ordered mail balloting in every union election scheduled since the board established its new test for determining whether votes should be held in person or by mail due to the pandemic, a Bloomberg Law analysis revealed.

NLRB regional directors have called for voting by mail in all 30 decisions that applied the framework the board established in its Nov. 9 ruling in Aspirus Keweenaw, which created a six-factor test to guide when virus-related conditions necessitate mail balloting.

Those results signal that union elections likely will be held by mail for the foreseeable future, ...