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.
Region 15 - New Orleans
Welcome to Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board. We conduct elections, investigate charges of unfair labor practices, and protect the rights of workers to act together, serving the states of Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama, as well as southern Mississippi, western Tennessee, western Florida, and four counties in Missouri from our office in New Orleans.
Subregional Office 26 - Memphis, TN
80 Monroe Avenue, Ste 935
Memphis, TN 38103-2400
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Resident Office 15 - Little Rock, AR
700 West Capitol Ave.
Suite 4429
Little Rock, AR 72201
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Regional Office 15 - New Orleans, LA
600 South Maestri Place – 7th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70130-3413
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M. Kathleen McKinney
Kathleen McKinney was appointed Regional Director of the New Orleans Regional Office (Region 15) in 2008. Ms. McKinney began her NLRB career in 1990 as a Field Attorney in Region 15. In 2000, she was appointed Deputy Regional Attorney, in 2003, she was appointed Regional Attorney and in 2006 she was appointed Deputy Director of the same office.
Christopher Roy named Officer-in-Charge in Memphis office
National Labor Relations Board Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce and Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon have announced the appointment of Christopher J. Roy as Officer-in-Charge of the Agency's newly-designated Subregional office in Memphis, Tennessee (Subregion 26). In his new position, Mr. Roy will assist Kathleen McKinney, Director of the NLRB’s Region 15 in New Orleans, in enforcing the National Labor Relations Act in western Tennessee, Arkansas, and northern Mississippi. Mr.
NLRB charge alleging illegal picketing at Wal-Mart held in abeyance
The NLRB Office of General Counsel today announced that, based on specific commitments made by the United Food and Commercial Workers union, it is not necessary to decide the merits of an unfair labor practice charge filed by Wal-Mart against the UFCW.
Administrative Law Judge finds Louisiana mining company committed unfair labor practices in dealing with its union employees
A National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge has found that a Louisiana salt mining operation committed numerous unfair labor practices in dealing with its union employees, including making unlawful threats of termination, persistently refusing to bargain in good faith, and unlawfully implementing new working conditions without bargaining.
Federal judge orders employer to reinstate three Memphis warehouse workers and stop threatening union supporters while case proceeds at NLRB
A federal judge this week ordered Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, LLC, (OHL) to reinstate three warehouse workers who were fired during a union organizing campaign, and to stop other behavior that interfered with their employees’ rights, pending the final resolution of a case before the National Labor Relations Board.
Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee issued the temporary injunction on April 5 at the request of the NLRB, stating that “it is necessary to return the parties to the status quo to protect the NLRB’s remedial powers.”