About NLRB
Regulatory Reports and Notices
Buy American Act
Decertification Petitions - RD
Employees may file a petition for decertification (RD) if they believe support for a union has diminished, after collecting signatures from at least 30% of workers in a unit. A majority of votes decides the outcome.
Reinstatement Offers
Reinstatement Offers
In cases where employees are illegally fired for protected activity, the General Counsel often seeks an offer of reinstatement from the employer.
Monetary Remedies
Monetary Remedies
In cases where employees are illegally fired for protected activity, the General Counsel often seeks backpay for the period of unemployment, as well as payment of dues, fines or other costs.
Litigation
Board Decisions Issued
The Board sets policy for the Agency primarily through adjudication. Members review cases on appeal from Administrative Law Judges and Regional Directors. This chart shows annual Board output in contested cases, separating Unfair Labor Practice cases (C Cases) from cases involving elections and questions of representation (R Cases).
What We Do
The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency vested with the power to safeguard employees' rights to organize and to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representative. The agency also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
When a heavy thunderstorm hit one March afternoon, 13 workers building the foundation of a luxury hotel retreated to a trailer to wait out the downpour. Supervisors ordered them back to work, but the workers refused, citing health and safety concerns, and were fired on the spot. After the regional NLRB office found sufficient evidence to call for a hearing, the contractor settled with the workers by offering backpay and reinstatement.
Hauppauge, New York
In April 2012, Local 947, United Service Workers Union of Journeymen and Allied Trades (Union) began communicating with employees at a Hyatt Hotel operated by Remington Lodging & Hospitality, regarding unionization of the housekeeping department. Managers opposed the campaign and began interrogating employees about union activity, spreading false information regarding the Union, and threatening to dismiss employees who supported the Union.