Unionization Petitions Up 30% in 2024 in Wake of Cemex Decision

US workers are seeking to unionize at increasingly higher rates, having filed over 30% more election petitions with the National Labor Relations Board than at this point last fiscal year, the agency announced.

The NLRB so far has received more than 2,600 union election petitions in fiscal year 2024, more than the 2,594 petitions filed in all of fiscal year 2023, an agency spokesperson said in a statement Wednesday.

The increases largely were driven by a 2,000% surge in the number of employer-filed petitions after the board’s decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC altered its framework for policing alleged ...