Federal court upholds legality of NLRB ‘ambush’ election rule

Sources: Littler Mendelson P.C., San Francisco; CP staff

A federal district court has dismissed one of two lawsuits filed earlier this year seeking to invalidate the National Labor Relations Board’s Representation-Case Procedures, dubbed by critics as the “ambush” election rule as it facilitates an accelerated petition-to-election timetable for unions seeking to represent their bargaining unit targets.

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