The National Labor Relations Board has issued its Fair Choice–Employee Voice Final Rule, restoring three key policies that provide workers with a fair opportunity to decide whether they want union representation in the workplace and a process that respects workers’ choices: the blocking charge policy, voluntary recognition of a union, and construction industry bargaining relationships. 

The Rule grants parity between unions in the construction industry and other unions. Because of the transitory nature of work in the construction industry, construction-worker unions do not have the same protections as non-construction unions. The new rules allow construction-worker unions to more readily establish the same protections as other unions, providing a more stable foundation for collective bargaining.  

“The rule restores the Board’s prior law, including longstanding principles that ensure a fair process for workers to choose whether they want representation, and provide a better foundation to allow collective bargaining relationships to thrive,” said Chairman Lauren McFerran.

Learn more: https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-issues-fair-choice-employee-voice-final-rule