Union Initiatives Meet With Resistance from the NLRB and Congress

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the United States Senate have recently delivered a “one-two” punch to organized labor.  The first set back for unions occurred when the Senate failed to bring the Employee Free Choice Act (“card check” bill) to the floor.  This was organized labor’s top legislative priority and was designed to grant a union bargaining rights, without a secret ballot election, if a majority of employees signed union cards.  The legislation passed the House 241-185 in March, but labor’s supporters could garner only 51 votes in the Senate on a vote for cloture (which requires 60 votes), thereby preventing the bill from moving to the Senate floor.  Although President Bush had promised to veto the Employee Free Choice Act, the bill’s ultimate fate is uncertain because the leading Democratic candidates for President support the legislation.

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Every employer of employees subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage provisions must post, and keep posted, a notice explaining the Act in a conspicuous place in all of their establishments so as to permit employees to readily read it.  The federal minimum wage will increase to...

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