NLRB Sees Highest Caseload Since 2016 as Union Activity Rises

Workers, unions, and employers filed over 20,000 unfair labor practice charges and election petitions with the National Labor Relations Board in fiscal year 2023, marking a 10% jump from the prior year and the highest number of cases filed since 2016.

Of those cases, 19,854 were ULP charges alleging a violation of federal labor law, a 10% increase from last year’s tally of 17,988 charges. Employees also submitted 3% more union representation petitions this year, totaling 2,594 filings—the highest number since fiscal year 2015, the agency said in a statement Friday.

The NLRB also reported 28 petitions for union elections ...