NLRB Official Seeks Court Order in Dealership ‘Alter Ego’ Case

A National Labor Relations Board official asked a federal judge to order companies providing labor to a related Illinois truck dealership to recognize and bargain with a union that represents parts and service department workers.

NLRB Regional Director Angie Cowan Hamada in Chicago filed an injunction petition Thursday targeting M&K Truck Centers—a trade name for a family of truck dealerships with common ownership—and two labor-leasing entities that it allegedly created for the purposes of avoiding union bargaining obligations.

The agency official’s bid, lodged in US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, stems from consolidated unfair labor practice cases ...