U.S. Judge Upholds Bulk of Labor Board’s Union Election Rules

A Washington court has revised its previous decision striking down major portions of a new set of regulations lengthening the process of unionization in the private sector.

Taken as a whole, the National Labor Relations Board’s rulemaking relied on sufficient reasoning to survive the AFL-CIO’s challenge under a federal law that bans “arbitrary” regulations that aren’t pegged to some reasonable justification, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held July 1.

Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson didn’t overturn her earlier ruling that invalidated some significant proposed measures, including changes that gave employers more leeway to challenge and litigate certain ...