David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins
Over the last several months, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a slew of employer-friendly decisions. Many of these decisions overturned longstanding precedent. This column is the first of two addressing a number of these recent Board rulings that have significant implications for employers with and, in several cases, without a unionized workforce.
Bargaining Units
In The Boeing Company, 368 NLRB 67 (Sept. 9, 2019), the Board clarified its standard for reviewing whether a small bargaining unit within a larger workforce, often referred to as a “micro unit,” is an appropriate unit under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
