Two pro-business advocacy groups on Friday filed the first legal challenge to President Barack Obama's recent recess appointments, asking a federal judge to find them unconstitutional.
The National Federation of Independent Business and the National Right to Work Foundation argue Obama cannot legally bypass the Senate to appoint three new members of the National Labor Relations Board, an agency that referees labor-management disputes.
The groups made the argument in a motion in federal district court in Washington, D.C., as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the labor board for requiring businesses to put up posters telling workers about their right to form a union.
The challenge came a day after the Justice Department issued a legal opinion defending the appointments of the labor board members, and the appointment of a national consumer watchdog, against Republican criticism.
Obama stoked controversy when he made the appointments Jan. 4 during the Senate's current 20-day recess. Republicans leaders have called it an unusual and unconstitutional power grab, saying the Senate was not technically in recess when Obama acted.
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Showing posts with label Right to Work. Show all posts
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, September 16, 2011
Sticking it to the NLRB
"North Carolina, a right-to-work state like South Carolina, could have found itself in exactly the same position if Boeing had chosen, say, Greensboro rather than Charleston to open a new production facility. Yet only two North Carolina Democrats, Heath Shuler and Mike McIntyre, voted for this bill.
Brad Miller, Mel Watt, David Price, Larry Kissell and G.K. Butterfield opposed it. That means they would not object if the NLRB took similar action to block a company from locating in North Carolina because of our state's more business-friendly labor climate."
The U.S. House of Representatives struck a well-warranted blow at the National Labor Relations Board today, passing H.R. 2587.
It would stop the NLRB from dictating where a company could or could not conduct business operations.
The action responds to the NLRB's effort to shut down a Boeing production line in North Charleston, S.C., and force it to move to Washington state. The NLRB contends Boeing opened its plant in South Carolina to retaliate against unions, which had orchestrated several strikes in recent years at Seattle-area Boeing installations.
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Brad Miller, Mel Watt, David Price, Larry Kissell and G.K. Butterfield opposed it. That means they would not object if the NLRB took similar action to block a company from locating in North Carolina because of our state's more business-friendly labor climate."
The U.S. House of Representatives struck a well-warranted blow at the National Labor Relations Board today, passing H.R. 2587.
It would stop the NLRB from dictating where a company could or could not conduct business operations.
The action responds to the NLRB's effort to shut down a Boeing production line in North Charleston, S.C., and force it to move to Washington state. The NLRB contends Boeing opened its plant in South Carolina to retaliate against unions, which had orchestrated several strikes in recent years at Seattle-area Boeing installations.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
NLRB Heralds Labor Day with an Attack on Workers’ Rights
This week, just in time for Labor Day, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down several decisions that undermine workers’ rights to tell union organizers “no.”
In one ruling, Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, the NLRB radically redefined the definition of a collective bargaining unit—the workers a union represents—to permit micro-unions. Traditionally, unions organize workers who share a community of interest. At a grocery store, for example, a collective bargaining unit would typically represent all the hourly employees.
The NLRB junked that definition in favor of a new standard: Now, instead of one union representing all workers with similar interests, unions could organize smaller micro-unions representing just a few workers. At a store this would allow separate unions to represent just the cashiers while leaving all other workers unorganized.
These rules will allow unions to gerrymander bargaining units to disenfranchise workers that oppose unionizing. If a union knows that the shelf-stockers would vote against unionizing, it can now propose a bargaining unit that excludes them. When the cashiers vote, the shelf-stockers would not get a say. However, the excluded workers would share in all the risks and downsides of unionizing. Strikes will also put them out of work, and if the union bankrupts the company, they will also lose their jobs.
The NLRB has decided that workers who do not want to take these risks will not get to vote. That certainly makes life easier for union organizers, but it hardly enhances workers’ rights.
In a second ruling, Lamons Gasket Co., the NLRB took another swipe at the secret ballot. Under current law, unions do not have to organize workers through secret ballot elections. If a company agrees to it, unions can solicit signatures on union authorization cards.
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In one ruling, Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, the NLRB radically redefined the definition of a collective bargaining unit—the workers a union represents—to permit micro-unions. Traditionally, unions organize workers who share a community of interest. At a grocery store, for example, a collective bargaining unit would typically represent all the hourly employees.
The NLRB junked that definition in favor of a new standard: Now, instead of one union representing all workers with similar interests, unions could organize smaller micro-unions representing just a few workers. At a store this would allow separate unions to represent just the cashiers while leaving all other workers unorganized.
These rules will allow unions to gerrymander bargaining units to disenfranchise workers that oppose unionizing. If a union knows that the shelf-stockers would vote against unionizing, it can now propose a bargaining unit that excludes them. When the cashiers vote, the shelf-stockers would not get a say. However, the excluded workers would share in all the risks and downsides of unionizing. Strikes will also put them out of work, and if the union bankrupts the company, they will also lose their jobs.
The NLRB has decided that workers who do not want to take these risks will not get to vote. That certainly makes life easier for union organizers, but it hardly enhances workers’ rights.
In a second ruling, Lamons Gasket Co., the NLRB took another swipe at the secret ballot. Under current law, unions do not have to organize workers through secret ballot elections. If a company agrees to it, unions can solicit signatures on union authorization cards.
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Obama’s Labor Board Accused of ‘Malicious Attack’ on Right-to-Work States
Thursday, May 05, 2011
By Susan Jones
(CNSNews.com) - A political battle is brewing over the Obama administration's National Labor Relations Board for its "attack" on right-to-work states.
On Wednesday, 19 Republican senators wrote to President Obama, warning him that they will "vigorously oppose" two of his nominees to the National Labor Relations Board -- if Obama doesn't withdraw their names.
READ MORE: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-s-labor-board-accused-malicious-at
By Susan Jones
(CNSNews.com) - A political battle is brewing over the Obama administration's National Labor Relations Board for its "attack" on right-to-work states.
On Wednesday, 19 Republican senators wrote to President Obama, warning him that they will "vigorously oppose" two of his nominees to the National Labor Relations Board -- if Obama doesn't withdraw their names.
READ MORE: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-s-labor-board-accused-malicious-at
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Alert…Sen Hagan to vote FOR power grab
This will likely be happening on Wednesday!
First, Senator Kay Hagan’s staffers denied to constituents like you that she helped Harry Reid put the bill on the Senate calendar. And now that we have distributed the video evidence, we have even more alarming news to share.
One Right to Work supporter informed us yesterday that a member of Kay Hagan’s staff flat-out admitted that Senator Hagan is going to try to hoodwink the people of North Carolina by voting FOR cloture on the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill (the vote that really counts) before cynically voting against final passage, when the union bosses won’t need her vote anyway.
Please call Senator Hagan’s office immediately and tell her you won’t be fooled by her cynical Washington, D.C. tricks and demand that she keep her pledge to help block this terrible legislation by voting against cloture.
The vote count will be razor-thin, and every vote is crucial.
Call Senator Hagan at (202) 224-6342 and also click here to e-mail her.
Ask Kay Hagan to stop working with Harry Reid to pay back his union boss backers by supporting a bill that would overturn duly-enacted North Carolina law, force first responders in the state under union boss control, and burden Tar Heel state taxpayers with the outrageous demands of Big Labor.
Most importantly, demand Senator Hagan oppose the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill on all votes, including cloture.
Please, act immediately. Your action could be the difference.
Urgently,
First, Senator Kay Hagan’s staffers denied to constituents like you that she helped Harry Reid put the bill on the Senate calendar. And now that we have distributed the video evidence, we have even more alarming news to share.
One Right to Work supporter informed us yesterday that a member of Kay Hagan’s staff flat-out admitted that Senator Hagan is going to try to hoodwink the people of North Carolina by voting FOR cloture on the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill (the vote that really counts) before cynically voting against final passage, when the union bosses won’t need her vote anyway.
Please call Senator Hagan’s office immediately and tell her you won’t be fooled by her cynical Washington, D.C. tricks and demand that she keep her pledge to help block this terrible legislation by voting against cloture.
The vote count will be razor-thin, and every vote is crucial.
Call Senator Hagan at (202) 224-6342 and also click here to e-mail her.
Ask Kay Hagan to stop working with Harry Reid to pay back his union boss backers by supporting a bill that would overturn duly-enacted North Carolina law, force first responders in the state under union boss control, and burden Tar Heel state taxpayers with the outrageous demands of Big Labor.
Most importantly, demand Senator Hagan oppose the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill on all votes, including cloture.
Please, act immediately. Your action could be the difference.
Urgently,
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