American Federation of Labor a v. NLRB

  1. January 17, 2023

    DC Circ. Says NLRB Jumped Gun With Parts Of Election Rule

    The National Labor Relations Board rushed some of a set of 2019 changes to its representation election process but not others, a split D.C. Circuit panel said Tuesday in a partial reversal, faulting the board for freezing results in certain disputed votes but not for stretching the election timeline.

  2. May 26, 2022

    AFL-CIO, NLRB Tell DC Circ. To Hurry On Election Rule Case

    The AFL-CIO and the National Labor Relations Board urged the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to quickly decide on the labor federation's opposition to the board's 2019 representation election rule revision that slows down the bargaining process by requiring employers' election challenges be resolved before vote certification occurs.

  3. May 14, 2021

    NLRB Election Rule Cut Workers' Rights, DC Circ. Hears

    A provision of the NLRB's 2019 election rule revision that would have frozen employers' bargaining duty while challenges to election decisions played out eroded workers' key labor law right, an AFL-CIO attorney said Friday in D.C. Circuit arguments over whether to keep this and other prongs of the rule on ice.

  4. December 04, 2020

    AFL-CIO Tells DC Circ. NLRB Union Election Rule Must Fall

    A Washington federal judge was right to nix parts of the National Labor Relations Board's 2019 overhaul of union election procedures, but should have struck down the entire rule because the agency ignored key evidence when crafting it, the AFL-CIO has argued in a brief to the D.C. Circuit.