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NLRB Signals Intent to Challenge Union Card-Check Strategy

The reconstituted National Labor Relations Board is moving to undermine a key organizing tool unions have leveraged in recent campaigns. The Cemex precedent, established during the Biden administration, requires employers to recognize unions when a majority of workers sign authorization cards or promptly file an election petition. NLRB General Counsel Crystal Stowe Carey outlined plans in an August memorandum to challenge the precedent, citing it among cases where the board should revisit established standards. The Teamsters recently invoked card-check organizing to gain recognition at Amazon's DRI1 facility in Providence, Rhode Island, with no traditional election recorded. Carey, appointed in January, signaled the challenge to Cemex reflects broader priorities for the Republican-majority board, though she characterized precedent revision as secondary to addressing the agency's case backlog.