NLRB extends time to comment on 'speedy election' rule

The National Labor Relations Board, the federal government’s main labor law enforcement agency, extended for the second time the public comment period for its planned rewrite of the Obama-era union “speedy election” rule.

The extension reflects the intense interest in the board’s decision by both business groups and labor unions since the rewrite is expected to have a major impact on the success of workplace organizing efforts. Among other changes, the Obama rule required employers to give unions all worker contact information, regardless of whether individual workers wanted that.