DSST Human Resource Management Exam Prep

Answer - C - The result of the Sturgis case was that temporary employees who work directly with regular employees may join them in a union.

Key Takeaway: Temporary workers who work directly with regular employees were finally allowed to join those employees in unionizing after the Sturgis case of 2000. In this case, M.B. Sturgis, Inc. out of Missouri was the target of a union organizing campaign. Sturgis wanted to include temporary workers in the bargaining unit, but the union did not want them to be included, believing they did not have the knowledge or stakes that the other, full-time employees had. The NLRB reversed their long-standing position about the inclusion of temporary workers and decided that they could unionize.