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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD TAKES ACTION ON “AMBUSH” ELECTIONS
In a November 30 action that was approved along party lines, the NLRB approved "Ambush" elections. The vote was 2 to 1 with Chairman Mark Pearce and Craig Becker (both recent appointees) voting for the resolution and Member Brian Hayes strongly dissenting. The scheduled vote was a "race to the finish line" that was intended to pass the procedural change by the end of Becker's recess appointment, which expires at the end of this year. The resolution passed over Hayes strong objections based on a number of long standing NLRB practices and precedents and his objection to ignoring 75 years of tradition that supported not passing a rule with only two votes in favor.