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NFL Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton, the founder and CEO of SmallBizClub.com and a member of the Job Creators Alliance, audibles against the NLRB in
US News and World Report.
Friday we learned the unemployment rate decreased slightly in February and champagne corks popped in a White House eager for good economic news. The drop from 7.9 percent to 7.7 percent is encouraging, but there is still much work to be done. A good place to start: The federal government must stop being so antagonistic toward job creators.
In a recent nationwide poll, Job Creators Alliance found 70 percent of small business owners believe Washington has grown more hostile toward their efforts to create jobs. The National Labor Relations Board, a quasi-independent federal labor dispute panel, is key among those hostile agencies. Fortunately, a recent court decision may have ended the the board's antics.
It has been alarming for business leaders across the nation to watch the National Labor Relations Board take actions that limit job creation, limit the right to work, and ultimately limit robust economic growth. Instead of maintaining independence, under President Obama it appears the agency has become an arm of Big Labor. Take the case of HealthBridge Management in Connecticut. For over a year and a half, the nursing home was locked in a bitter contract dispute with one of the largest unions in the country. Because the union refused to agree to their contract and instead demanded 17 percent raises, HealthBridge did what most businesses would do: They implemented their last, best offer.
In response, the union workers decided to go on strike—and then some. Workers allegedly removed patient identification from room doors, wheelchairs, and made it impossible for staff to know which patients had dietary restrictions. This reckless behavior put nursing home residents' lives in danger. And how did the National Labor Relations Board respond? They ordered HealthBridge to rehire these employees and give in to the union's demands.
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