Payback: Radical NLRB approves "quickie" election rule

President Obama's radicalized NLRB assaulted the struggling economy once again. Earlier this afternoon it approved "sneak attack" union elections.

The Hill has more.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) voted Wednesday to move forward with portions of a controversial union election rule after the board’s lone Republican member showed up to register his opposition.

The two Democratic members of the labor board, Chairman Mark Pearce and Craig Becker, voted to advance the proposal, while Brian Hayes, a Republican, voted no.

The wildcard of Wednesday’s vote was Hayes, who has threatened to resign over the union election rule. Speculation swirled this week that Hayes might torpedo Wednesday’s action by making good on his threat to quit, or by simply refusing to participate.

The labor board is now expected to finalize the rule.

Obama, the most pro-union president in history, received enormous financial support for his presidential campaign in 2008.

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