The volume of union election petitions surged at the National Labor Relations Board in fiscal year 2024, with filings increasing by 27% over the previous fiscal year and doubling since fiscal year 2021.
The NLRB also saw a more modest 7% increase in unfair labor practice charges from FY 2023 to 2024, the agency announced Tuesday.
The swelling case load is the latest in evidence cited by agency officials—including a growing case backlog and significant attrition in staff—to argue that more funding is needed.
The NLRB’s field offices received nearly 25,000 new cases in the last fiscal year, which ...