{"id":814557,"date":"2025-02-18T17:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/nlrb-withdraws-unfair-labor-practices-claim-against-neogen\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T17:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:15:52","slug":"nlrb-withdraws-unfair-labor-practices-claim-against-neogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/nlrb-withdraws-unfair-labor-practices-claim-against-neogen\/","title":{"rendered":"NLRB Withdraws Unfair Labor Practices Claim Against Neogen\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">LANSING, Mich.<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 18, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Neogen\u00ae Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG), an innovative leader in food safety solutions, announced today the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has withdrawn its unfair labor practices claim against the Company. The claim was withdrawn following a mutual agreement, with no admission of wrongdoing by Neogen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2088599\/Neogen_Corporation_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2088599\/Neogen_Corporation_Logo.jpg\" title=\"Neogen Corporation (PRNewsfoto\/Neogen Corporation)\" alt=\"Neogen Corporation (PRNewsfoto\/Neogen Corporation)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the coming weeks,\u00a0Lansing warehouse shipping clerks and material handling employees will have the opportunity to vote in an election to determine whether they wish to unionize.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Neogen, we are dedicated to fostering a supportive and equitable workplace where employees feel valued and heard,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Amy Rocklin<\/span>, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer. &#8220;We respect our employees&#8217; rights and we prioritize a positive work environment. 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The claim was withdrawn following a mutual agreement, with no admission of wrongdoing by Neogen. In the coming weeks,\u00a0Lansing warehouse shipping clerks and material handling employees will have the opportunity to vote in an election to determine whether they wish to unionize. &#8220;At Neogen, we are dedicated to fostering a supportive and equitable workplace where employees feel valued and heard,&#8221; said Amy Rocklin, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer. &#8220;We respect our employees&#8217; rights and we prioritize a positive work environment. Neogen &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/nlrb-withdraws-unfair-labor-practices-claim-against-neogen\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NLRB Withdraws Unfair Labor Practices Claim Against Neogen\u00ae&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NLRB Withdraws Unfair Labor Practices Claim Against Neogen\u00ae - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/nlrb-withdraws-unfair-labor-practices-claim-against-neogen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NLRB Withdraws Unfair Labor Practices Claim Against Neogen\u00ae - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire LANSING, Mich. , Feb. 18, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Neogen\u00ae Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG), an innovative leader in food safety solutions, announced today the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has withdrawn its unfair labor practices claim against the Company. 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