NLRB Overturns Dana Corp. and Re-establishes Recognition Bar on Election Petitions | Practical Law

NLRB Overturns Dana Corp. and Re-establishes Recognition Bar on Election Petitions | Practical Law

Employers' voluntary recognition of labor unions will bar election petitions by employees or rival unions for a reasonable period (six to twelve months from the parties' first collective bargaining session). In Lamons Gasket Co., the NLRB overruled its 2007 decision in Dana Corp., which allowed employees to decertify a voluntarily recognized union or elect a different union as its collective bargaining representative immediately after the voluntarily recognition.  

NLRB Overturns Dana Corp. and Re-establishes Recognition Bar on Election Petitions

Practical Law Legal Update 9-508-0426 (Approx. 5 pages)

NLRB Overturns Dana Corp. and Re-establishes Recognition Bar on Election Petitions

by PLC Labor & Employment
Published on 02 Sep 2011USA (National/Federal)
Employers' voluntary recognition of labor unions will bar election petitions by employees or rival unions for a reasonable period (six to twelve months from the parties' first collective bargaining session). In Lamons Gasket Co., the NLRB overruled its 2007 decision in Dana Corp., which allowed employees to decertify a voluntarily recognized union or elect a different union as its collective bargaining representative immediately after the voluntarily recognition.