[The National Labor Relations Board just made it a whole lot
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NLRB: COMPANIES THAT TRY TO UNION-BUST WILL BE FORCED TO RECOGNIZE
UNION  
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Tori Otten
August 25, 2023
The New Republic
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_ The National Labor Relations Board just made it a whole lot harder
to union-bust. _

, Fred Wright Union Cartoons

 

The National Labor Relations Board issued new rules Friday that will
make it easier for workers to form unions—and much more difficult
for companies to stop them.

The new unionization process framework is part of a decision in a case
between Cemex Construction Materials Pacific and the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters. If a majority of workers ask a company to
recognize their union, under the new rules, the company must now
immediately either recognize the union or petition the NLRB to hold a
union election.

“However, if an employer who seeks an election commits any unfair
labor practice that would require setting aside the election, the
petition will be dismissed, and—rather than re-running the
election—the Board will order the employer to recognize and bargain
with the union,” the NLRB said in a statement
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the ruling.

Essentially, if a company tries to union-bust, it will instead be
forced to automatically recognize the union and start negotiating with
them.

“The Cemex decision reaffirms that elections are not the only
appropriate path for seeking union representation, while also ensuring
that, when elections take place, they occur in a fair election
environment,” NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran said in the statement.
“An employer is free to use the Board’s election procedure, but is
never free to abuse it—it’s as simple as that.”

The decision comes near the end of a banner season for workers’
rights. Earlier this week, Teamsters ratified
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UPS. The so-called “hot labor summer” has also seen Trader
Joe’s
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Drafthouse Cinema
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and students and interns
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to unionize. Screenwriters and actors who are members of SAG-AFTRA
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been on a historic strike for months.

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challenges facing a nation transformed by the Industrial Revolution
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