The number of workers petitioning to join a union has skyrocketed this year after successful union campaigns across the country at major corporations like Starbucks and Amazon.
Between October 1 and June 30 – the first nine months of Fiscal Year 2022 – union petitions filed with the NLRB were up 56 percent over the same period of Fiscal Year 2021. Workers filed 1,240 petitions during the first nine months of FY 2021, whereas during the same period in FY 2022, the NLRB saw 1,935 filings.
Unfair labor practice charges, or charges often filed by unions alleging that companies are violating federal labor laws, are also trending upwards. Over the first nine months of this fiscal year, unfair labor practice allegations have increased 14.5 percent over FY 2021, growing from 11,451 to 13,106.
At the same time, the agency is having to deal with a surge of union activity in the U.S. reaching levels that haven’t been seen for at least a“The increase in cases comes during a period of critical funding and staffing shortages for the Agency. The NLRB has received the same Congressional appropriation of $274.2 million for nine consecutive years as costs have risen,” said NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo in a statement.
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