Employees will likely have a harder time voting out unions they no longer want to represent them if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finalizes a proposed rule to rescind a 2020 amendment to the “blocking charge” rule. The board plans to issue a final rule in August, according to an April 12 memorandum from NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, who favors the rescission.
Delaying decertification elections through blocking charges is a way for a union to halt momentum when it believes employees would vote it out, according to David Pryzbylski, an attorney with Barnes & Thornburg in Indianapolis.
