NLRB agrees to new rules that will harm workers, job creation « Hot Air
Three decisions all made along party lines. The three Democrats for, and the lone Republican againast.
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In a case known as Specialty Healthcare, the board decided that the union could seek to organize a group that consists only of nursing assistants, a blow to the employer, which wanted to include other nonprofessional employees in the unit. Employer groups had been concerned the board would use the health-care industry case to endorse the formation of so-called mini-bargaining units in a range of workplaces, which they said would allow unions to target small groups of workers the unions know would support unionization. …
In another case known as Lamons Gasket Co., the board decided that employees opposed to a union would no longer have the right to immediately challenge the recognition of a “card-check” election—in which employees sign cards to show their interest in joining. Unions prefer the card-check method over secret-ballot elections.
In the third case, known as UGL-Unicco Service Co., the board decided that after the sale of a unionized company, the new owner, the employees or a rival union can’t immediately challenge the incumbent union’s right to represent the workers. Instead, there must be a “reasonable period” of time for collective bargaining to have “a fair chance to succeed,” the board’s Democrats decided.
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Why should a National Labor Relations Board even exist and why should it have any say in how companies run their businesses? It’s not like there are any indentured servants these days that are FORCED to work for a company or at a job they hate. Anyone is free to quit and seem employment elsewhere. Hiring and firing should be between an individual and the companies he seeks employment with.
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