NLRB Decision Restricts Employers' Ability to Make Unilateral Workplace Changes
Frantz Ward reports on the recent decision (Graymont, PA, Inc. and Local Lodge D92, 364 NLRB No. 37) from the National Labor Relations Board:
Employers in union settings know that they generally cannot make changes to their employees’ wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment without first negotiating to impasse with the union. The exception to this rule has historically been that the employers could make changes, as long as they could show that their labor contract had a management rights clause that allowed certain changes to be made without bargaining. A recent decision from the National Labor Relations Board, however, will make it more difficult for employers to show that a management rights clause actually allows these types of changes to be made without bargaining."