Earlier this week, on Monday, July 11, 2016 the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision in Miller & Anderson, Inc., 364 NLRB No. 36 (July 11, 2016), which significantly aids unions in any attempts to unionize temporary workers. The ruling held that workers provided by staffing agencies do not need a company’s permission to join unions comprising the company’s full-time employees. The NLRB’s ruling in Miller & Anderson overturns a precedent that has been in effect since the NLRB’s 2004 employer-friendly ruling in Oakwood Care Ctr. and N&W Agency, Inc., 343 NLRB 659 (2004). A copy of the NLRB’s full decision in Miller & Anderson can be found here.

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