NLRB Official Refuses to Delay Union Election Despite Appeal

An NLRB regional director rejected a union’s request to delay a decertification vote due to separate unfair labor practice charges pending against the company in federal court—in effect, declining to provide an exception to a Trump-era election rule that favors management when election disputes arise.

The National Labor Relations Board regional director on Tuesday scheduled a decertification election involving workers at Wendt Corp., a New York-based machinery company, who are represented by Iron Workers Shopmen’s Local 576.

The regional director, Paul Muphy, rejected the union’s motion for a stay of the vote until the unfair labor practice charges against ...