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ARTICLE · 11 FEBRUARY 2014

NLRB Reissues "Quickie Election" Rules

The NLRB has once again taken steps to issue new rules to speed up the union election process. In a press release circulated early today, the Board announced that a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) will appear in the Federal Register on Feb. 6, 2014 setting forth the Board’s latest effort to amend its rules to speed up the Board election process and to eliminate defenses and procedures previously available to employers targeted for union elections.

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The NLRB has once again taken steps to issue new rules to speed up the union election process. In a press release circulated early today, the Board announced that a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) will appear in the Federal Register on Feb. 6, 2014 setting forth the Board's latest effort to amend its rules to speed up the Board election process and to eliminate defenses and procedures previously available to employers targeted for union elections.

The proposed amendments are "identical" to the amendments originally proposed by the NLRB in June, 2011 and do not reflect the changes made by the Board following the public comment period and two days of public hearing. In the Board's press release, Board Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce says that he believes that the rule first proposed "in June of 2011 continues to best frame the issues and raises the appropriate concerns for public comment . . . Reissuing the 2011 proposal is the most efficient and effective rulemaking

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