{"id":465,"date":"2026-08-03T16:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/?p=465"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:32:45","slug":"nlrb-general-counsel-issues-case-handling-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/?p=465","title":{"rendered":"NLRB General Counsel Issues Case Handling Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"region-banner\">\n<div id=\"block-newspublications\">\n<div class=\"usa-hero\">\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap flex-align-end usa-section--dark text-center\">\n<div class=\"usa-hero__callout grid-col-12\">\n<h2 class=\"usa-hero__heading\">\n              <span class=\"usa-hero__heading--alt\"><br \/>\n                News &amp; Publications<br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"usa-hero__img-container\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-nlrbdashboardmynlrbpopup\">\n<div class=\"dnone\" id=\"login-box\">\n<div class=\"form-popup form-popup-auth\">\n<div class=\"my-account\">\n<div class=\"my-account-top\">\n<div class=\"left\">\n<h3>National Labor Relations Board<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/user\/logout?token=SP1l9fP27sUMWhakB1EtIK8nkx1NjddijK9zGuTFOH4\">Sign out<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-account-bottom\">\n<div class=\"dashboard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/user\">View Your Dashboard<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"form-popup form-popup-anon\">\n<div class=\"login-section\">\n<div class=\"my-account-top\">\n<h3>National Labor Relations Board<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-account-bottom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/saml_login?destination=\/user\">Sign in with Login.gov<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap\">\n<article class=\"usa-layout-docs__main usa-prose desktop_grid-col-9\">\n<div class=\"region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-nlrb-page-title\">\n<h1 class=\"uswds-page-title page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">NLRB General Counsel Issues Case Handling Guidance<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-newsstoryemailaddress\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Office of Public Affairs<\/p>\n<p>202-273-1991<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/news-outreach\/news-story\/mailto:publicinfo@nlrb.gov\">publicinfo@nlrb.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\">www.nlrb.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-mainpagecontent\">\n<div data-history-node-id=\"9984\" class=\"layout layout--onecol\">\n<div class=\"layout__region layout__region--content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-node-post-date field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item\">February 27, 2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Today, NLRB General Counsel Crystal S. Carey issued <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nlrb.gov\/link\/document.aspx\/09031d45841ea072\">GC Memorandum 26-03.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The memorandum instructs the Regional Offices to focus their efforts on investigating priority cases and protecting the right of free association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we move forward with this new guidance, my office is committed to providing clear and actionable direction for Regional offices to judiciously securing the rights of all American workers,\u201d said General Counsel Carey.<\/p>\n<p><em>Established in 1935, the National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects employees from unfair labor practices and protects the right of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve wages, benefits and working conditions. The NLRB conducts hundreds of workplace elections and investigates thousands of unfair labor practice charges each year.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-aboutnlrbpressreleases-2\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><em>Established in 1935, the National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects employees from unfair labor practices and protects the right of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve wages, benefits and working conditions. The NLRB conducts hundreds of workplace elections and investigates thousands of unfair labor practice charges each year.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"tni-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/news-outreach\/news-story\/nlrb-general-counsel-issues-case-handling-guidance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News Releases<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/news-outreach\/news-story\/nlrb-general-counsel-issues-case-handling-guidance\">News Releases<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 27, 2026 Today, NLRB General Counsel Crystal S. Carey issued GC Memorandum 26-03.&nbsp;&nbsp; The memorandum instructs the Regional Offices to focus their efforts on investigating priority cases and protecting the right of free association. \u201cAs we move forward with this new guidance, my office is committed to providing clear and actionable direction for Regional&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-civil-service-independent-agencies-national-labor-relations-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}