In the nation's first application of the NLRB's Cemex standard, an administrative law judge ordered an employer to bargain with a union after the union lost a representation election, based on the employer's unlawful labor practices.
Updated with respect to the NLRB’s Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the NLRA, and the Lion Elastomers LLC II ruling, which sets forth how the NLRB will review complaints of misconduct in labor disputes.
The NLRB's Cemex ruling upends the process for requesting union elections in place for more than 50 years and is expected to make it easier for unions to win recognition as employees' bargaining representatives.