National Labor Relations Board

noun

U.S. Government.

1. a board consisting of five members, originally set up under the National Labor Relations Act to guarantee workers' rights to organize and to prevent unfair labor practices. NLRB

National Labor Relations Board

1. An agency of the United States government, charged with mediating disputes between labor and management, and responsible for preventing unfair labor practices, such as the harassment of labor unions by business corporations. The NLRB attempts to maintain a position of neutrality, favoring neither labor nor management.

Example Sentences

If the company declines, employees can have the National Labor Relations Board schedule an election on the question of unionizing with UFCW.

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On Wednesday, a National Labor Relations Board complaint said participants should be considered employees.

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It’s the National Labor Relations Board, created in 1935 as a quintessential New Deal regulatory agency.

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The worker vote did not have to go through a typical election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board because Microsoft pledged to take a neutral stance toward workers who sought to form a union.

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United Food and Commercial Workers had filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that the San Bernardino-based grocery chain had engaged in surveillance, interrogation and retaliation against workers exercising union rights.

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