NLRB to Renegotiate 15-Year-Old Union Contract With Staffers

The federal agency that adjudicates disputes between employers and their workers will renegotiate an existing collective contract with its own employees union for the first time in at least 15 years.

National Labor Relations Board General counsel Peter Robb informed representatives yesterday that he plans “to terminate the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Office of the General Counsel” and professional staff at headquarters, according to agency communications obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The move is essentially notice that the board’s top prosecutor would like to revisit the employment terms for agency workers under his authority—others are technically employees of the board’s ...