On December 12, 2014, by a 3-2 party-line decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a final rule, which if implemented will drastically truncate union election procedures. Such changes are intended to shorten the election period from the current median time of 38 days from petition to election to between 14 and 21 days (and perhaps as few as 10 days). This development is part of a flurry of year-end activity by the NLRB to implement more pro-employee, pro-union changes to established Board precedent and practices (see, e.g., “National Labor Relations Board Permits Employees to Use Workplace Email Systems for Union Activity“). Read More >>