AFL-CIO Urges Senate Democrats to Reject Challenge on Union Vote

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-13/afl-cio-urges-senate-democrats-to-reject-challenge-on-union-vote

By William McQuillen on April 13, 2012

The AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor federation, is urging Democratic senators to reject a Republican effort aimed at killing a rule that regulators say will lead to speedier worker elections to form a union.

The labor group opposes the proposal by Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming, challenging a National Labor Relations Board rule to cut the time between the workers’ request to form a union and the balloting. The rule is set to take effect April 30. The union said lawmakers may vote as soon as next week on Enzi’s resolution to disapprove the labor board standard.

“The new NLRB rule makes modest, sensible changes to bring balance to the election process,” William Samuel, director of the AFL-CIO government affairs department, wrote to senators this week. “A vote against the resolution will ensure that the rights of working people to achieve economic security are protected.”

Republicans and business groups such as the Washington- based National Association of Manufacturers have said the labor board has created “ambush elections.” Enzi is joined by 43 of 47 Senate Republicans in opposing the labor board regulation.

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