In early 2012, the Acting General Counsel of the NLRB recently announced a significant change to the NLRB deferral policy. Under this doctrine, so long as an alleged violation of the Act is covered by the parties' grievance-arbitration agreement, the Board will _____ a meritorious unfair labor practice charge to the parties' contractual grievance-arbitration procedure if certain conditions are met.

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The NLRB's deferral policy allows the Board to defer a meritorious unfair labor practice charge to the parties' contractual grievance-arbitration procedure under certain conditions, reflecting a preference to let parties resolve disputes through their agreed-upon mechanisms before the Board intervenes.

In Early 2012, the Acting General Counsel of the NLRB