Labor Board to ponder "neutrality agreements".(National Labor Relations Board) From: Real Estate Weekly | Date: February 16, 2005| Author: Salvatore, Paul; Fullerton, John F., III | COPYRIGHT 2005 Hagedorn Publication. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A "neutrality agreement" is a legally enforceable contract between an employer and a union in which the employer agrees to refrain from resisting union organizing through speech and conduct it would otherwise be entitled to engage in under the National Labor Relations Act.

These agreements are an increasingly common organizing tactic favored by unions.

Many of the nation's largest unions have obtained and/or proposed neutrality agreements with employers, incl...

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