Labor Board Proposes Bringing Back ‘Blocking Charge’ Policy (2)

The National Labor Relations Board proposed reviving a policy of suspending elections to eject unions when unfair labor practices are alleged, which the board effectively eliminated near the end of the Trump administration.

In addition to bringing back the “blocking charge” policy, the proposed rule that the NLRB’s Democratic majority issued Thursday would roll back two other changes that an all-Republican board made in March 2020 to its framework for how workers choose whether to be represented by unions.

The proposal, scheduled to be published in Friday’s Federal Register, calls for eliminating the 45-day window to challenge ...