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rd
June
27,
201
7
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LRB
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7
1.C
hang
es in
nea
rly a
ll el
ectio
n pr
oced
ures
affe
ctin
g re
pres
enta
tion
elec
tions
(the
Ele
ctio
n R
ule)
2.B
road
inva
lidat
ion
of n
eutr
al e
mpl
oyee
han
dboo
ks, p
olic
ies
and
rule
s(W
illia
m B
eaum
ont)
3.E
xpan
ding
the
defin
ition
of “
join
t em
ploy
er”
(Bro
wni
ng-F
erris
Indu
strie
san
d C
NN
)4.
Req
uirin
g m
ixed
mul
ti-em
ploy
er/n
on-e
mpl
oyer
bar
gain
ing
whe
re tw
o en
titie
s ar
e “jo
int e
mpl
oyer
s” o
f som
e em
ploy
ees
but
othe
r em
ploy
ees
have
no
“em
ploy
ee” r
elat
ions
hip
(Mill
er &
And
erso
n)5.
Mor
e na
rrow
ly c
onst
ruin
g “i
ndep
ende
nt c
ontr
acto
r” s
tatu
s(F
edE
x C
orp.
)6.
App
rovi
ng s
mal
ler b
arga
inin
g un
itsun
less
exc
lude
d em
ploy
ees
have
an
“ove
rwhe
lmin
g co
mm
unity
of i
nter
ests
” (S
peci
alty
H
ealth
care
and
Mac
y’s)
7.P
erm
ittin
g on
-pre
mis
es e
mpl
oyee
pic
ketin
g/w
ork
stop
page
s(W
alm
arta
nd C
apita
l Med
ical
Cen
ter)
8.E
mpl
oyer
inve
stig
atio
ns. .
.•
A s
ingl
e em
ploy
ee c
ompl
aint
rega
rdin
g an
indi
vidu
al s
tatu
tory
righ
tis
prot
ecte
d co
ncer
ted
activ
ity in
volv
ing
“mut
ual a
id o
r pr
otec
tion”
und
er th
e N
LRA
(Fre
sh &
Eas
y N
eigh
borh
ood
Mar
kets
)•
An
empl
oyer
can
not l
awfu
lly re
ques
t con
fiden
tialit
ydu
ring
inve
stig
ativ
e m
eetin
gs, w
ith o
nly
narr
ow c
ase-
by-c
ase
exce
ptio
ns (B
anne
r Est
rella
)•
An
empl
oyer
mus
t dis
clos
e co
nfid
entia
l witn
ess
stat
emen
tsif
requ
este
d by
a u
nion
, with
onl
y na
rrow
cas
e-by
-cas
e ex
cept
ions
(Pie
dmon
t Gar
dens
)9.
Em
ploy
ees
have
a s
tatu
tory
righ
t to
use
empl
oyer
em
ail s
yste
ms
for u
nion
org
aniz
ing
and
othe
r pro
tect
ed c
once
rted
activ
ity
(Pur
ple
Com
mun
icat
ions
)10
.U
nive
rsity
grad
uate
ass
ista
nts
(and
oth
er s
tude
nt a
ssis
tant
s) a
re e
mpl
oyee
s (C
olum
bia
Uni
vers
ity)
11.
Non
-NLR
A c
lass
wai
ver a
gree
men
tsun
law
fully
inte
rfere
with
NLR
A ri
ghts
(Mur
phy
Oil,
D.R
. Hor
ton)
12.
Uni
oniz
ed e
mpl
oyer
s m
ust e
ngag
e in
dis
cipl
ine-
barg
aini
ng b
efor
e im
posi
ng d
isci
plin
e, w
ith n
arro
w c
ase-
by-c
ase
exce
ptio
ns
(Tot
al S
ecur
ity M
anag
emen
t, re
inst
atin
g A
lan
Ritc
hey)
13.
Uni
oniz
ed e
mpl
oyer
s m
ust e
ngag
e in
bar
gain
ing
befo
re c
ontin
uing
any
“pa
st p
ract
ice”
if th
e pr
ior p
ract
ice
aros
e un
der a
la
bor c
ontra
ct th
at h
as e
xpire
d (D
uPon
t)14
.U
nion
ized
em
ploy
ers
mus
t con
tinue
due
s-ch
ecko
ffaf
ter c
ontra
ct e
xpira
tion
(Lin
coln
Lut
hera
n)
15.
NLR
B w
ill n
ot d
efer
to a
rbitr
atio
nin
Sec
. 8(a
)(3)
cas
es w
ith n
arro
w e
xcep
tions
(Bab
cock
& W
ilcox
)
Lots
of C
hang
e, A
cros
s a
Bro
ad R
ange
8
1.W
hat e
ntiti
es a
re jo
int-e
mpl
oyer
sba
sed
on “r
eser
ved”
aut
horit
y? W
hat h
appe
ns w
hen
mul
tiple
“em
ploy
er” e
ntiti
es d
isag
ree
betw
een
them
selv
es a
bout
bar
gain
ing
issu
es?
(Bro
wni
ng-F
erris
Indu
strie
s)
2.W
hen
the
Boa
rd a
ppro
ves
a m
ulti-
empl
oyer
/non
-em
ploy
erba
rgai
ning
uni
tund
er M
iller
& A
nder
son,
wha
t ent
ities
mus
t ba
rgai
n ab
out w
hat s
ubje
cts?
Wha
t hap
pens
whe
n m
ultip
le “e
mpl
oyer
” ent
ities
dis
agre
e be
twee
n an
d am
ong
them
selv
es a
bout
ba
rgai
ning
issu
es?
3.W
hat e
mpl
oym
ent p
olic
ies,
rule
s an
d ha
ndbo
ok p
rovi
sion
sar
e la
wfu
l ver
sus
unla
wfu
l? (W
illia
m B
eaum
onta
nd m
any
mor
e)
4.W
hat c
ircum
stan
ces
just
ify la
wfu
l cas
e-by
-cas
e re
ques
ts fo
r con
fiden
tialit
y du
ring
wor
kpla
ce in
vest
igat
ion
mee
tings
? (B
anne
r Est
rella
)
5.W
hat c
ircum
stan
ces
war
rant
law
ful n
on-d
iscl
osur
e of
con
fiden
tial e
mpl
oyee
witn
ess
stat
emen
ts?
(Pie
dmon
t Gar
dens
)
6.W
hen
empl
oyee
s se
nd n
on-b
usin
ess
emai
lsun
der P
urpl
e C
omm
unic
atio
ns, w
hich
non
-bus
ines
s em
ails
are
“pro
tect
ed” a
nd
whi
ch a
re “u
npro
tect
ed”?
How
can
an
empl
oyer
and
em
ploy
ees
know
the
diffe
renc
e w
hen
non-
busi
ness
em
ails
are
bei
ng s
ent?
7.W
ho c
onst
itute
s a
supe
rvis
or?
(Buc
hana
n M
arin
e, G
4S G
over
nmen
t Sol
utio
nsan
d m
any
mor
e)
8.W
hen
can
perm
anen
t rep
lace
men
tsbe
hire
d w
ithou
t an
“inde
pend
ent u
nlaw
ful p
urpo
se”?
(Pie
dmon
t Gar
dens
)
9.In
the
new
type
of d
isci
plin
e ba
rgai
ning
requ
ired
unde
r Tot
al S
ecur
ity M
anag
emen
t(A
lan
Ritc
hey)
. . .
•pr
ecis
ely
whe
nca
n di
scip
line
be im
plem
ente
d w
hile
bar
gain
ing
rem
ains
und
er w
ay, a
nd
•ho
w c
an e
mpl
oyer
s an
d un
ions
hav
e co
nfid
ence
that
the
Boa
rd w
ill a
gree
that
an
empl
oyee
pr
esen
ted
a “s
erio
us, i
mm
inen
t dan
ger”
war
rant
ing
rem
oval
bef
ore
barg
aini
ng o
ccur
s?
10.
Und
er D
uPon
t, w
hen
past
pra
ctic
essp
an m
ultip
le y
ears
, mul
tiple
con
tract
s an
d/or
per
iods
bet
wee
n co
ntra
cts
. . .
•w
hich
pas
t pra
ctic
es a
re “e
xtra
cont
ract
ual”
(mea
ning
they
mus
t be
cont
inue
d w
ithou
t bar
gain
ing)
? •
whi
ch p
ast p
ract
ices
mus
t be
disr
egar
ded
and
cann
ot b
e la
wfu
lly c
ontin
ued
with
out b
arga
inin
g?
Diff
icul
t Sta
ndar
ds, N
o C
lear
Ans
wer
s
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p A
. Mis
cim
arra
Cha
irman
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iona
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or R
elat
ions
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rd
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201
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A B
oard
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ber’s
Per
spec
tive
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pre
sent
atio
n re
fers
to v
ario
us N
LRB
dec
isio
ns a
nd o
rder
s. H
owev
er, t
he a
ctua
l dec
isio
ns a
nd o
rder
s sh
ould
be
rega
rded
as
the
excl
usiv
e so
urce
of
gui
danc
e re
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ing
rele
vant
issu
es.
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ort f
rom
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NLR
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