Private employers, under the jurisidiction of the NLRB, may voluntarily recognize unions for purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act. When that happens, the employer notifies the NLRB using Form NLRB-5581.
This repository collects information from the NLRB about these voluntary recognitions, gathered through public records requests.
- Public Records Request for Voluntary Recognitions between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021
- Public Records Request for Voluntary Recognitions in the Calendar Year 2020
- Public Records Request for Voluntary Recognitions from 2007 to 2009
- Public Records Request for Voluntary recognitions, July 1, 2021 - September 30, 2021
- Public Records Request for Voluntary recognitions, Oct 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
- Public Records Request for Voluntary recognitions, January 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022
- Public Records Request for Voluntary recognitions, April 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022
- Public Records Request for Voluntary recognitions, July 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022
- Public Records Request for Voluntary recognitions, October 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
- Public Records Request for Voluntary recognitions, January 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023
- Public Records Request for Voluntary recognitions, April 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023
- Public Records Request for Voluntary recognitions, July 1, 2023 - September 31, 2023
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- Per the FOIA officer, "The latest voluntary recognition reporting program just started in July 2020. Prior to that it was captured for about three years from approximately 2007-2009, which data we can provide to you as a spreadsheet if you file another FOIA request. The spreadsheet is the only remaining record we have for the older VR cases. No voluntary recognitions were reported to the Agency between 2009 and 2020."
- Per the FOIA officer, "I just looked into the documents for both case files. The first petition, 1-2977085411, which was filed on 7/26/2021, was withdrawn on 8/11/2021. The union filed a new VR petition for the same unit on 8/17/2021, which became 1-2989673061. The notice was posted by the employer in the second petition."