Section 13 Unfair Labor Practices

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

A union’s failure to properly represent its members also may constitute an unfair labor practice that can be pursued through the administrative mechanisms of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). 29 U.S.C. § 158(b)(1) (union actions coercive of workers attempting to exercise their protected right to engage in self-organization amount to unfair labor practices.). The NLRB’s legal staff investigates and prosecutes meritorious unfair labor practice charges, relieving the complaining party of the burden of retaining private counsel. A charge is...