A divided National Labor Relations Board rejected a chemical company’s claim that employees in the “work group lead” position are supervisors under federal labor law and thus can’t unionize.
OQ Chemicals Corp. needed more than “vague and limited testimony” to show the work group leads exert independent judgment when directing workers according to the company’s standard procedures, a bipartisan NLRB majority ruled.
While the NLRB has been criticized for being excessively partisan, the majority’s composition shows that the board members’ views don’t always break strictly along party lines.
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