Marathon Pundit: NLRB overreach: Poster rule edition

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

NLRB overreach: Poster rule edition

NLRB overreach is back!

Oddly, the National Labor Relations Board is not pushing a posters rule at union shops explaining workers rights in regards to decertifying a union.

The poster on the right, of the late Andrew Breitbart, would be a welcome addition at any workplace, I am certain. The final entry comes from Breitbart's Big Government.

From The Hill:

Several business groups filed appeals Monday to a court ruling that allowed the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to require union posters in the workplace.

The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) filed notices of appeal against a judge's decision Friday that said the NLRB had the legal authority to require employers to post notices at their worksites explaining collective bargaining rights.

"Manufacturers will appeal this decision on the numerous grounds available in order to reverse this unfair rule. The Board has grossly overstepped its authority, and the NAM will enter every arena necessary, including the courts, to protect manufacturers and rein in this rogue agency,” said Jay Timmons, NAM's president and CEO, in a statement.

Karen Harned, executive director of NFIB's Small Business Legal Center, said the court "has failed to protect the small-business community from frivolous lawsuits by unions and other costly and punitive measures."

LegalNewsLine reports on workers in the new right-to-work law in the Hoosier State.

A group of Indiana workers filed an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in response to a labor union's federal lawsuit against Indiana's right-to-work law.

The amicus brief filed March 2 in Hammond, Ind., supports the defendants Gov. Mitch Daniels, Attorney General Greg Zoeller and Labor Commissioner Lori Torres and the new law.

Lawyers for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 union filed a federal lawsuit to block the Indiana bill on Feb. 22. The union lawyers contend that the right-to-work law is "pre-empted" by the National Labor Relations Act.

However, according to the National Right to Work Foundation (NRWF) which is providing free assistance to the four workers, federal labor law specifically affirms the right of states to enact right-to-work laws.

More from LegalNewsLine:

Nine Republican state attorneys general joined forces Monday, identifying more than 21 "illegal" actions by President Barack Obama's administration.

The attorneys general, calling themselves the "last line of defense against an increasingly overreaching federal government," spoke at a Republican Attorneys General Association-sponsored event at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington. The group is holding its winter national meeting this week.

The nine attorneys general include Tom Horne of Arizona, Pam Bondi of Florida, Sam Olens of Georgia, Bill Schuette of Michigan, Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma, Marty Jackley of South Dakota, Alan Wilson of South Carolina, Greg Abbott of Texas and Ken Cuccinelli of Virginia.

"One of the ways in which attorneys general protect the integrity of state laws and constitutions is by carefully reviewing the actions of the federal government and responding when they break the law or overstep the bounds of the Constitution," they wrote in a memo, also released Monday.

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"Whether it is through the EPA, NLRB, Office of Surface Mining, FCC or other entities, the Obama administration has aggressively used administrative agencies to implement policy objectives that cannot gain congressional approval and are outside of the law," the attorneys general said.

SEIU bosses at Occupy Chicago

The radical SEIU is partnering with the even more radical Occupy Wall Street movement. From the Daily Caller:

The politically aggressive Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has quietly created a national network of at least eight community-organizing groups, some of which function alongside the Occupy Wall Street movement, a Daily Caller investigation shows.

Incorporated by the SEIU as local non-profits, the groups are waging concerted local political campaigns to publicly attack conservative political figures, banks, energy companies and other corporations.

Each local group has portrayed itself as an independent community organization not tied to any special interest. But they were founded, incorporated, and led by SEIU personnel.