Marathon Pundit: Sandy Adams takes on NLRB overreach

As the Heritage Foundation's Foundry blog reports, Rep. Sandy Adams is taking on National Labor Relations Board overreach head on:

U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) is taking aim at a possible rule from the National Labor Relations Board that she believes infringes on the constitutional freedoms of American workers.

Speaking at Heritage's Bloggers Briefing, Adams explained why she introduced the Keeping Employees Emails and Phones Secure Act. She said the legislation would protect employees from the NLRB's overreach.

Labor unions have already waged a high-profile campaign to secure NLRB approval to make changes to the union election process. Now, Adams said, the NLRB is moving forward with a plan that would breach employees' privacy by forcing employers to hand over telephone numbers and email addresses.

The NLRB initially created an Excelsior list in 1966, which included names and addresses. NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce recently said he wants to move forward with the Excelsior list expansion to include "both telephone numbers and, where available, e-mail addresses be included … on the eligibility list."