Obama’s Labor Board Reverses Bush-Era Rule on Union Challenges
Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) — The National Labor Relations Board overturned a Bush-era ruling, making it easier to organize unions, and backed efforts by organizers to form smaller units within the health-care industry, actions sought by unions.
The rulings issued today, three days after President Barack Obama’s labor-board chairman ended her tenure, are opposed by business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers. The decisions “have the high likelihood to be severely disruptive to the workplace, will hinder job creation and put jobs at risk,” Joe Trauger, vice president of human-resource policy at the Washington-based manufacturers’ group, said today in an e-mail.
The rulings are the first released by the NLRB since Chairman Wilma Liebman left the board, which mediates disputes and monitors unfair labor practices, as her term ended on Aug. 27. Under her leadership, the NLRB became a target for Republicans and businesses that say it became too pro-union.
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