Trump-era NLRB Union Election Rule Up for Debate at D.C. Circuit

The National Labor Relations Board will try to persuade a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., to reinstate several Trump-era changes to its union election procedures that some say benefited employers by lengthening the process for workers to vote.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is set to hear oral argument Friday over whether the NLRB could skip full notice-and-comment rulemaking requirements when it retooled its election regulation. The agency is challenging a district court decision invalidating some of its 2019 amendments, in response to a lawsuit from the AFL-CIO.

The case likely will determine ...