Republicans Angle To Block New Union Rules

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November 30th, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are maneuvering to short-circuit an effort by Democrats on the National Labor Relations Board to approve rules that would quicken the pace of union elections.

The GOP member of the labor board is threatening to resign his post, which would deny the board a quorum and quash the entire process. At the same time, the House is poised Wednesday to approve a GOP bill aimed at short-circuiting moves they consider anti-business. That measure is unlikely to go anywhere in the Senate.

The developments are the latest sign of how intensely business groups are opposing any moves that could help organized labor make new inroads at companies that have long opposed unions.

At the labor board, the Democratic majority was set to take up a proposal Wednesday that would simplify procedures and shorten deadlines for holding union elections after employees at a work site gather enough signatures . . .


read more: http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/11/30/republicans-aim-to-quash-new-union-rules/

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1. Some said we didn't need to worry about the lack of leadership on EFCA because the NLRB was taking

care of things on its own. This illustrates how tenuous that can be. K&R.

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4. well, you know

. . . this is like religion to the anti-Obama/anti-labor crowd. They see this move to shorten the process as an act of war. They had their way for so long with Bush and they just resented the hell out of President Obama making the appointments he did . . . they'll move to reverse Bush stuff and can do it pretty effectively, except when the republican members bolt to avoid giving them a quorum.

I don't think folks realize what a fight Labor is in over at the NLRB (with a strong hand to be played from this Democratic administration).

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2. I'll give this a kick for you.

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3. Kick and Rec