Labor/Employment
Apr. 15, 2019
New owners might get out of union agreement, NLRB says
The National Labor Relations Board has narrowed the terms under which new management must adhere to a standing collective bargaining agreement after acquiring a company with a unionized workforce, overturning a decades-old precedent.




The National Labor Relations Board has narrowed the terms under which new management must adhere to a standing collective bargaining agreement after acquiring a company with a unionized workforce, overturning a decades-old precedent.
Under existing law, if a company with unionized workers is purchased and a majority of them are retained, the purchaser is a "successor," and the union keeps its recognition and ability to compel negoti...
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