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I think it's important to understand, for this decision, the context of the election process. Secret ballot union elections are conducted not by the employer or
by jcrawfordor 6y ago
I think it's important to understand, for this decision, the context of the election process. Secret ballot union elections are conducted not by the employer or the union, but actually by the NLRB itself, a federal agency. These elections are carried out according to specifications and requirements produced by NLRB as administrative law.
So consider that Amazon's request for security measures beyond what the NLRB has previously found necessary will increase the time and cost for NLRB to run the election... it seems likely to me that the NLRB would reject the request simply because they feel it to be unnecessary and to impose additional complexity and cost on the NLRB (and thus potentially the taxpayer).
- omegaworks 6y agoWe saw the impact of FUD spreading around the November Presidential election on January 6th, I'm curious to see what kind of impact a a similar effort will have on the NLRB vote.
- nine_k 6y agoWon't Amazon cover 100% of the cost, including whatever incidental costs? Adding a camera to a room is not rocket science, it's a 1-hour project at worst, after which the camera operates unobtrusively. I bet this is more of a turf war, a demonstration of status.
- nieve 6y agoI've seen that stated nowhere, but there's zero chance Amazon will compensate the NLRB for the disruption of its other work even if they asserted they'd be willing to for the core stuff.
- ddingus 6y agoActually, it's more likely a matter of law. The election process is codified in law. Changing it carries legal implications, one being the law is in question. For an election of this significance, the very best thing to do is run it by the book, the entire book, chapter and verse.
- COGlory 6y agoThere are also laws regarding surveillance on federal property.
- jcrawfordor 6y agoYes, rules for conducting elections are in the CFR as section 102.69 of 29(b)I part 102. I'm far from a lawyer but I do suspect that the NLRB granting one-off additions to these rules outside of the normal rulemaking process would put them in a difficult situation going forward.