Lynn Rhinehart, Celine McNicholas and Margaret Poydock at the Economic Policy Institute have combined to author a new report that focuses on how the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has supported Workers’ Rights during the Biden Administration to form Unions and engage in collective bargaining, standing in stark contrast to the Trump administration’s Anti-Worker record.  President Biden has nominated experienced Worker Advocates and increased funding to the NLRB - the independent agency responsible for protecting Private Sector Workers’ organizing and bargaining rights.  The Trump Administration had appointed corporate lawyers to leadership positions and hollowed out the agency by not filling vacancies.  President Biden’s appointees have advanced the NLRB’s mission by addressing issues such as Employee status under the law, the scope of concerted activity protected by the law, the representation process, and remedies for violations of the law.  The Biden NLRB has made significant progress in undoing the damage inflicted by the Trump administration’s appointees and in restoring Workers’ Rights, but more remains to be done.  Structural weaknesses in the law continue to be an obstacle to Workers seeking to organize Unions and engage in collective bargaining.  Worker support for organizing Unions has hit record levels.  Petitions for Union Representation Elections are up, as is the number of workers represented by Unions.  

To Read This EPI Report, Go To: The Biden board: How President Biden’s NLRB appointees are restoring and supporting workers’ rights | Economic Policy Institute (epi.org)