CALIFORNIA’S LABOR LAW asserting broad state authority over private-sector union elections and disputes is the focus of a new lawsuit from the National Labor Relations Board.
- The law, signed into law Sept. 30, purports to give the state’s Public Employment Relations Board authority to certify union elections and adjudicate unfair labor practice charges in instances where the NLRB is impaired or when the state determines that the board has ceded its authority. The California measure is similar to a recently enacted New York law that also quickly drew legal challenges from the NLRB and Amazon.
- State lawmakers passed the measures ...