NLRB Wants New Rule Informing Workers Of Union Rights

Under a rule proposed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) most private employers would have to display posters informing workers about their right to form a union.

The planned rule, announced December 22, 2010 by NLRB, would require businesses to post notices in employee break rooms or other prominent locations to explain workers’ rights to bargain collectively, distribute union literature or engage in other union activities without reprisal.

The move to issue a broad rule signals a more aggressive posture by the labor board, which usually makes policy on a case-by-case basis in individual labor-management disputes. There is a 60-day comment period before the rule can go into effect. ◆