Big Government has this story: Obama's Labor Department Blasted In Public Comments Over Dangerous 'Persuader' Proposal. Then there is this report from Red State: Labor Secretary Hilda Solis To Headline AFL-CIO Union Organizing "Summit.'
In its blog, the AFL-CIO has this to say about the Labor Secretary: "Solis, the daughter of union members, has changed the direction of the Labor Department from one that favored employers to one that protects working people." Employers, by the way, hire employees. The nationwide unemployment rate will be discussed two clips down.
The LaborUnionReport explains, How the NLRB is hurting South Carolina's economic development.
Speaking of the Palmetto State, from the Charleston Regional Business Journal:
Rep. Tim Scott urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday to schedule a vote on a House bill that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any business to close or relocate.The overreaching NLRB issued a ruling that will force employers to display posters informing workers of their rights to form a union. Representative Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) has proposed a bill that will prevent that.
Scott's bill, called the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act, passed 238-186 in the House on Sept. 15. Eight Democrats joined 230 Republicans for the passage.
"The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has more than a dozen remedies if it finds that an employer has violated the NLRA (National Labor Relations Act)," Scott, R-S.C., wrote to Reid, a Democrat representing Nevada. "We do not believe these remedies should include the destruction of jobs, especially with national unemployment at 9.1%."
Scott referred to the NLRB complaint against Boeing for opening a final assembly and delivery plant in North Charleston. The NLRB argues the new facility constitutes retaliation against Boeing workers in Washington state for previous strikes.
DesJarlais, and he is not alone in expressing this sentiment, wants Congress to reduce onerous regulations. He says the endgame of his efforts is to "[a]llow the job creators to expand their businesses and bring in new business to help reduce this staggering unemployment rate."
As far as posters, the NLRB of course is not proposing a rule that will inform workers at a union shop of their rights to decertify a union.
Related posts:
Labor sec'y Hilda Solis participates in union conf call about Wisconsin; CWA prez predicts Walker bill will pass
Report from the bloggers' call Rep. Tim Scott on the NLRB-Boeing case
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