A federal appeals court handed a win to the National Labor Relations Board Friday, rejecting a challenge by business groups to a new federal rule speeding up union elections.

The decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals leaves in place several changes that boost unions’ efforts to organize workplaces, including obligating businesses to turn over workers’ private contact information to labor groups, even if the workers themselves want that information to remain private.

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