A 90-Year US Labor Law Framework in Limbo

Businesses in New York would have to deal with more pro-union approaches to resolving labor disputes after state agencies were empowered to handle matters long reserved for the National Labor Relations Board — if a new law survives a preemption challenge, Chris Marr reports.

In recently enacted legislation, New York asserted broad jurisdiction over private-sector union cases that the federal board has taken up under the National Labor Relations Act since 1935. The law is already the subject of two legal challenges, with the NLRB and Amazon each suing to claim the NLRB remains the proper forum for these disputes ...