House Members Confront NLRB on Delay

Citing long NLRB delays in deciding workers' cases, two Democratic members of the House from California, Reps. George Miller and Lois Capps, this week urged Board Chairman Robert Battista to decide cases in a more timely manner and to issue a report on the status of all pending election certifications. The lawmakers' letter to Battista referenced a July 18 report by the NLRB Inspector General which found that Board delays were impacting workers' rights. 

In the handling of unfair labor practice charges, the IG found that it took the Board an average of 914 days to decide cases filed by an individual and a union, 653 days to decide cases filed by a union, 490 days for cases filed by an individual, but just 381 days to decide cases filed by employers.