New Orleans
Serves all of Mississippi and Louisiana, and all of Arkansas except Miller County.
In Alabama, serves: Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chocktaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Washington and Wilcox Counties.
In Florida, serves: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Washington Counties.
In Missouri, serves: Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, and Pemiscot Counties
In Tennessee, serves: Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Lake, Lauderdale, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Shelby, Tipton, and Weakley Counties.
Established in 1935, the National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects employees, employers, and unions 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. Region 15 serves areas in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee from its Regional Office in New Orleans, its Subregional Office in Memphis, and its Resident Office in Little Rock.
Compass Minerals Louisiana, Inc. Agrees to Pay Over $7.33 Million in Back Pay and Lost Benefits
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has approved a settlement agreement between Compass Minerals Louisiana, Inc., formerly known as Carey Salt Company, a subsidiary of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (the Employer), and the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Under the agreement, 299 current and former employees of the Cote Blanche, Louisiana facility will receive a total of $7,330,213.81 as compensation for back pay and benefit reimbursement pursuant to charges filed with the NLRB.
Transition to Skype for Business / New Telephone Numbers
Effective July 1, 2016, Region 15 will switch from its analog telephone system to NLRB Skype for Business (SfB) communications system. The Region will maintain its main phone number, fax number, as well as the IO number to avoid confusion. However, all employees phone numbers will change, and individuals seeking a particular Region 15 employee should call the Regions main office number. The employees old telephone numbers will cease to work at the close of business on June 30, 2016.
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics Takes Action to Comply with Federal Court Injunction Order
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics has taken action to reinstate nine wrongfully discharged employees and cease anti-union activities in compliance with a January 29th order from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. District Judge John Fowlkes found that there was cause to believe Ozburn-Hessey had engaged in a series of unfair labor practices and granted the National Labor Relations Board’s request for relief in order to prevent irreparable harm to the terminated employees and continued misconduct by the Employer.
Southern Bakeries, LLC ordered to recognize Union, bargain in good faith
On February 5, 2014, the Board authorized the NLRB’s New Orleans Regional Office to institute Section 10(j) injunction proceedings against Southern Bakeries, LLC (Employer) of Hope, Arkansas for its unlawful undermining of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, Local 111 (Union) during negotiations for a successor collective-bargaining agreement, as well as its subsequent withdrawal of recognition of the Union as its employees’ exclusive bargaining representative.
Outreach (click here for additional outreach information)
On August 29, 2014, Regional Director M. Kathleen McKinney signed a local memorandum of understanding with the Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans, Louisiana. The purpose of the local memorandum of understanding is to strengthen the collaborative efforts between Region 15 and the Consulate of Mexico to provide Mexican workers, their employers, and Mexican business owners in the United States with information, guidance, and access to education regarding their rights and responsibilities under the National Labor Relations Act.