Missouri congressman rips radical NLRB on micro-unions, ambush elections

US Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) takes President Obama's radicalized NLRB to task on micro-unions--imagine being a small business owner or a human relations manager having to deal a plethora of bargaining units--as well as ambush elections.

From his Kansas City Star op-ed:

The National Labor Relations Board recently handed down two rules I believe will make it much more difficult for small businesses to survive.

The first allows the formation of micro-unions. These unions could be made up of two to three workers. A small business owner would have to spend money and resources fighting professional union organizers.

Can you imagine different parts of a grocery store belonging to different unions? Would it make sense for the cashiers to belong to one union, the meat department belonging to another one and the stocking clerks belonging to a different one? How could a small business owner keep up with all the different groups?

Another new rule concerns quickie or ambush elections. These are elections that are scheduled and conducted in a shortened time frame. The small business owners may be caught unaware and have little or no time to tell their side of the story.

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