Rejigged NLRB likely to target Cemex rule, used by Teamsters to organize
The Cemex rule, favored by unions to make it easier to organize work forces, is under more pressure to be eliminated. The post Rejigged NLRB likely to target Cemex rule, used by Teamsters to organize appeared first on FreightWaves .
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), now under a Republican majority, is likely to target the Cemex precedent, a tool used by unions like the Teamsters to organize workers through card check. This precedent, established by the Biden administration, allows employers to recognize a union if a majority of employees in a bargaining unit designate it as their representative and initiate an RM petition.
The Teamsters recently reported organizing workers at Amazon's DRI1 facility in Providence, Rhode Island, using this method, though they did not use the term "card check" in their statement. The NLRB's new General Counsel, Crystal Stowe Carey, has listed weakening the Cemex precedent as one of her priorities, stating it is "contrary to Supreme Court precedent and sound labor policy."
Carey also aims to clear the NLRB's backlog by overturning other precedents, including the Gissel Packing case from 1969, which held that a bargaining order should be issued where an employer rejects a card majority due to unfair labor practices.
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