National Labor Relations Board Misses Deadline to Fight Mandating “Poster Rule”

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) so-called “poster rule” which proposed to mandate that manufacturers – including sign companies – post a notice in their workplaces informing employee of their right to organize and strike has officially died. Under the rule, employers that failed to post the notice would have been subject to unfair labor practice charges and face sanctions from the NLRB.
 
In 2011, ISA joined with the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to oppose the rule because companies should not be forced to post such notices.  In early 2012, the District of Columbia federal District Court ruled in the NLRB’s favor, but two U.S. Courts of Appeals (D.C. and the Fourth Circuit) subsequently ruled that NLRB was wrong to enact this provision. The NLRB’s final chance to save its mandate was an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case and potentially overturn the lower court’s ruling, but an appeal was never file and the NLRB missed the deadline.
 
ISA will continue to work with like-minded manufacturing groups on Capitol Hill to educate federal officials about the sign industry and protect the ability of sign companies to grow their business. For more information, contact ISA’s David Hickey.