National Labor Relations Board

noun

U.S. Government.

a board consisting of five members, originally set up under the National Labor Relations Act to guarantee workers' rights to organize and to prevent unfair labor practices. : NLRB

An agency of the United States government, charged with mediating disputes between labor and management , and responsible for preventing unfair labor practices, such as the harassment of labor unions by business corporations . The NLRB attempts to maintain a position of neutrality, favoring neither labor nor management.

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A complaint issued Monday by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board accused Amazon of illegally refusing to negotiate with employees after a majority signed union authorization cards in the fall.

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A group of planners, designers, and field technicians at Southern California Edison on Thursday filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.

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His appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, the principal administrative agency handling labor-management conflict, interpreted the 90-year old National Labor Relations Act so as to enhance the rights of workers to organize.

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That didn’t happen, and the labor union filed a grievance with the National Labor Relations Board.

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Unite Here Local 11 filed a pending unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that the threatened closure violates federal labor law.

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