Dark Clouds Gather at the National Labor Relations Board

From a union standpoint, the future of labor law has rarely looked so perilous. Cartoon: Nick Thorkelson

https://labornotes.org/2025/01/dark-clouds-gather-national-labor-relations-board

January 07, 2025 / Robert M. Schwartz

December saw a number of important developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The month started well for unions but ended badly. Some observers complained of whiplash!
THE GOOD

On December 10, the five-member board, still under Democratic control, issued a long-awaited decision freeing unions from the most deleterious features of management-rights clauses.

The case, Endurance Environmental Solutions, LLC, overruled MV Transportation, a 2019 decree from Donald Trump’s first term in office.

MV Transportation created an outrageous presumption that unions which agree to generally worded management-rights clauses intend to give employers a right to change work rules, hours, or other conditions of work without giving prior notice or extending an opportunity to bargain.

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