Rare NLRB Order Requires Company to Reopen, Bargain With Union

A New York business owner who closed down a truck repair shop and fired two workers after learning that they wanted to join a union was ordered to reestablish the business, rehire the workers, and recognize their union, according to a federal labor board decision.

The National Labor Relations Board’s ruling, issued Tuesday, also requires RAV Truck and Trailer Repairs Inc. to compensate the two workers—Jorge Medina and Victor Gonzalez—for the earnings they lost because of the terminations.

An order to skip a union election and proceed to bargaining, known as a Gissel bargaining order, is an unusual remedy the ...