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The National Labor Relations Board has told state officials that it will soon file federal lawsuits against Arizona and South Dakota in seeking to invalidate those states' constitutional amendments that prohibit private sector employees from choosing to unionize through a procedure known as card check.
In a letter sent on Friday, the labor board told those states that it would invoke the United States Constitution's supremacy clause in asserting that the state constitutional amendments conflict with federal laws and are pre-empted by those laws. One federal official said the lawsuits would be filed in the next few days.
The labor board’s acting general counsel, Lafe Solomon, said the government reserved “the right to initiate a suit against the other two states at the appropriate time.”
N.L.R.B. officials evidently hope that victories in the Arizona and South Dakota cases would serve as precedents to invalidate the South Carolina and Utah prohibitions.
Last edited by lifelongMOgal; 04-26-2011 at 10:17 PM..
Overreach, by whom? Unionization is a federal matter and states simply cannot enact laws restricting the rights granted by federal law.
So please take out your Tea Party Editions of the U.S. Constitution and read Article VI, Clause 2.
Disallowing card check preserves the secret ballot it does not prevent a vote to unionize. Why would unions need to know who voted against them...think on that one a bit. Thuggary perhaps?
Tea Party? Ok Karl Marxx, where does constitution mention labor unions?
See Article VI, Clause 2
Then go down to;
Article I Section 8 - Powers of Congres
Specifically
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
And when you finished with that wander over to;
The National Labor Relations Act 1935.
I know this is a lot to ask, but give it a try. With enough work you might figure it out.
Virginia and North Carolina banned collective bargaining by public sector employees 20 years ago. How did VA/NC get away with it, but AZ and SD find themselves in the Obama Crosshairs?
Someone has some 'splainin to do. Sounds like nothing more than Liberal Ideology Gone Wild.
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
And when you finished with that wander over to;
The National Labor Relations Act 1935.
I know this is a lot to ask, but give it a try. With enough work you might figure it out.
I just love it when you bring up little things like factual information.
Republicans only like laws that benefit them directly. The rest do not matter or are bad law.
You are not really expecting any of them to take the time and actually learn before spewing are you?
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