National Labor Relations Advocates - NLRA

09/08/2026

After a long wait, the NLRB again has a quorum, and the General Counsel has signaled that change is coming. But employers should keep the anticipated demise of *Cemex* in perspective.

Reversing *Cemex* would not create a free-for-all during organizing campaigns. The Fifth Circuit has just delivered that reminder: *Gissel* remains good law, and serious employer misconduct can still turn an election victory into a bargaining order.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/winning-vote-may-enough-jim-allen-jf4uc

06/14/2026

Trump’s 2026 NLRB: What Employers Should Expect Now As of May 25, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board is no longer stalled. The five-seat Board currently has three sitting members: Chairman James R. Murphy, David M. Prouty, and Scott A. Mayer. That matters because three members are enough for...

06/03/2026

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/new-york-hotel-rates-rise-union-contract-labor-costs

Hotel operators say New York City travelers could face higher room prices after a landmark labor agreement sharply increased worker pay through 2032.

04/21/2026

https://nlradvocates.com/first-serious-blow-to-the-cemex-framework-sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals-ruled-on-cemex/

A major ruling, with an important limit Employers finally have the first serious appellate opinion pushing back on one of the NLRB’s most oppressive recent labor-law theories, namely its enhanced bargaining order framework in Cemex. In Brown-Forman Corp. v. NLRB, the Sixth Circuit rejected the Boa...