The National Labor Relations Board’s “quickie” election rule, also
called the ambush election rule, goes into effect on April 14, 2015.
Beth Milito of the NFIB Small Business Legal Center lays out what
business owners should do now to prepare for the change.
On February 11, 2015, Milito testified before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to explain how the NLRB’s new election rules will harm small businesses. Under the new rules, union representation elections could be held in as few as 14 to 20 days after the filing of a union petition. “The new election rules would make it nearly impossible for employees to be fully informed about the issues they will be voting on. It will also weaken the employer’s ability to communicate their position during the election process,” says Milito.
NFIB had sued and stopped a 2011 attempt to enact this rule and testified before the NLRB in opposition to the reissuance in 2014. NFIB has once again sued to stop this rule from being enacted.