Workers Looking to Disband Unions Get a Hand (1)

Employees looking to kick a union out of their workplace got a bit of help Aug. 1 from the National Labor Relations Board’s top attorney.

NLRB general counsel Peter Robb directed agency lawyers not to object when a worker who petitions to disband the workplace union wants to intervene in a related unfair labor practice case. That gives union opponents more power to fight against a union’s efforts to stop or slow down the process of giving a labor organization the boot.

Unions often file unfair labor practice charges against a business when a worker petitions the NLRB to disband ...