With Americans still choking on the bitter health care “pill” we were forced to swallow just last week, President Obama decided to kick us again while we’re down by making two highly controversial recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over the weekend. Both appointees, Craig Becker and Mark Pearce, are considered pro-union [...]
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Although the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) as an intact piece of legislation appears to be dead, aggressive efforts are still underway to accomplish sweeping labor law change via regulatory means. As reported by PML, insider sources indicate that highly controversial National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nominee Craig Becker is expected to be appointed to the Board by President [...] The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) requires that a union have signed authorization cards from at least 30% of the employees it is seeking to represent in order to file a petition for election. However, research indicates that far more than that is needed in order for the union to have a good chance to actually [...] Do you know how to spot potential union organizing activity in your workplace? Given the pro-labor stance of both the Obama administration and Congress, it is expected that we’ll see significant labor reform in the United States beginning in 2010 via both legislative (Employee Free Choice Act; EFCA) and non-legislative (NLRB, Secretary of Labor) means. These changes will make it more difficult for companies to successfully [...] |
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