Saturday, September 19, 2009

USCC report on the NLRB under Obama

The United States Chamber of Commerce has issued a 79 page report entitled The National Labor Relations Board in The Obama Administration: What Changes to Expect. The report covers 2o "Bush" Board decisions likely to be reversed. In most cases the Bush Board reversed or curtailed longtime case laws favorable to labor, employees or both. The report also covers EFCA legislation and a pending proposed rule-making Petition which asks the Board to adopt bargaining for minority unions. Such a rule would permit collective bargaining which affects only union members, and not employees in the same workforce who decline union representation. If adopted the rule would profoundly change labor/management relations in this country, and surely be challenged by employers.