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Established in 2015, the NLRB’s new “quickie” election rule has proven to be less pro-union than was predicted by opponents of the rule. Before the 2015 rule, union elections typically took 39 days to be held, compared to the current average of 24 days. Since the petition was implemented, the times where unions won election only increased by one percent. Management-side attorneys opposed the earlier election dates on the grounds that they did not give employees ample time to gather information about unionization, but labor lawyers argue that the new rule merely decreases the risk of employers using stalling tactics to delay unionization elections.