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The NAM filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit supporting Macy’s, Inc., in a collective bargaining dispute. In this case, the National Labor Relations Board applied the Specialty Healthcare standard to conclude that sales employees in the fragrance and cosmetic departments at a Macy’s location were an appropriate bargaining unit. This litigation is important to manufacturers because smaller bargaining units will render it virtually impossible for an employer to oppose the organizing effect and make it more difficult to address employee concerns. The NAM’s brief argued that the application of the Specialty Healthcare doctrine, which reversed 70 years of precedent and instated a new standard for determining a collective bargaining unit, should not apply because the standard is inconsistent with the National Labor Relations Statue and the legislative history. Unfortunately, the court upheld the Specialty Healthcare standard.