Experts Discuss Impact of NLRB Micro-Unit Decision

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1.19.18

Rick Grimaldi, Lori Armstrong Halber and Todd Lyon were quoted in the Akron Legal News article “Experts Discuss Impact of NLRB Micro-Unit Decision. The article discusses the December 15, 2017 newly reconstituted NLRB overruling the decision that allows unions to organize smaller units of employees, often called “micro-units.” 

They represented PCC Structurals in the action against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers AFL-CIO District Lodge W24. 

Rick said by overturning Specialty Healthcare, the board reaffirmed that the community-of-interest test requires “the board in each case to determine whether the employees are organized into a separate department; have distinct skills and training; have distinct job functions and perform distinct work, including inquiry into the amount and type of job overlap between classifications; are functionally integrated with the employer’s other employees; have frequent contact with other employees; interchange with other employees; have distinct terms and conditions of employment and are separately supervised.” 

“It’s highly unlikely that the PCC Structurals decision will be reversed any time soon,” added Lori. 

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