Marathon Pundit: Enzi to move quickly against NLRB's "quickie" elections plan

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Enzi to move quickly against NLRB's "quickie" elections plan

Our economy seems to be emerging for its four-year long nap. But job-creators are facing many struggles and the radicalized National Labor Relations Board wants to add one more. "Quickie" union elections that could unionize a workforce in two weeks--or even just 10 days.

Fortunately, the Senate's only accountant, Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming, is fighting back.

Fred Wszolek of the Workforce Fairness Institute explains in Townhall:

Recognizing the deleterious impact the NLRB's quickie election rule will have on workplace democracy and employee free choice, Senator Mike Enzi, the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, which has oversight over the regulatory agency, announced that he would use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to undo the "ambush" election rule.

According to the senator's Web site, "[t]he CRA allows either the Senate or the House to introduce a joint resolution of disapproval with the full force of law to stop a federal agency from implementing a recent rule or regulation. A resolution of disapproval introduced under the CRA cannot be filibustered and needs only a simple majority in the Senate to pass if acted upon during a 60-day window."

It is our hope and expectation that both houses of Congress will have the opportunity to vote on the CRA to demonstrate their support for or opposition to this misguided "quickie" election rule.

There is simply no need to expedite the union election process as most already take place in about a month, but this is about "payback" to union bosses, not good policy making or standing up for workers. As a result, members of the House and Senate should enthusiastically support Enzi’s CRA and send a message to Obama's labor board that this Congress will use every tool at its disposal to end the job-killing giveaways to Big Labor.