Report: Unions Win More Elections When Employers Can't Delay Them

An analysis by
Bloomberg BNA
has established that more more workers are voting Union Yes! under new election rules implemented by the National Labor Relations Board. In 2015, the NLRB revised longstanding rules on elections to make it harder for employers drag out an election through costly litigation.

Delays in scheduling an election almost always work to the advantage of employers, who use the time to force workers to receive misinformation about the benefits of union organizing.

The new NLRB rules prioritize scheduling an election more quickly Instead of postponing an election until parties have exhausted litigation, and delaying some, but not all, litigation until after the election.

Bloomberg BNA has crunched the numbers of the elections under the new rules and determined that half took place within 24 days of the Union asking for an election. Before the new rules, less than 10 percent of elections took place within 24 days.

* the NLRB resolved more elections than in the same period the previous year;
* these elections were resolved more quickly;
* unions prevailed more frequently; and
* the overwhelming majority of the quickest elections went labor’s way.