Federal labor board officials have largely rejected pleas from businesses over the last two months to pause union election proceedings because of the Covid-19 pandemic, opting instead to proceed with mail ballots in most cases.
In a series of instances in which the National Labor Relations Board had been petitioned to administer a unionization election, employers, unions, and workers asked the agency about whether and how the process should proceed, given shelter-in-place and social-distancing orders.
Unions and workers say the board can rely on mail-in ballots and electronic hearings to carry on its normal business during the pandemic. Businesses have ...