NYC Homeless Shelter Must Bargain on Schedule, NLRB Judge Rules

A New York City homeless shelter must meet with a union at least twice per month for bargaining sessions that last a minimum of four hours each, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.

Covenant House of New York’s violations of its duty to negotiate a labor contract with a Service Employees International Union affiliate justify imposing a bargaining schedule, as well as ordering it to provide monthly progress reports to the NLRB regional office in Manhattan, Administrative Law Judge Lauren Esposito held Monday.

The ALJ’s ruling follows a court order issued by a New York federal judge earlier this ...