U.S. Plans to Sue 4 States Over Union Organizing Laws
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Published: January 14, 2011
NYT
The National Labor Relations Board announced on Friday that it planned to sue four states — Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah — in an effort to overturn recently approved state constitutional amendments that prohibit private sector workers from choosing a union through a process known as card check.
The labor board asserts that the amendments conflict with federal labor laws and are pre-empted by the Supremacy Clause of the United State Constitution.
The state amendments were promoted by various conservative groups concerned that Democrats in Congress would join President Obama in enacting legislation that would give unions a right to insist on using card check, which makes it possible for employees to unionize without elections. But Congressional Republicans blocked passage of such legislation, known as the Employee Free Choice Act.
Under current law, employers can insist that secret ballots be used when unions are trying to organize private sector employees. But unions had hoped that the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act would make it easier to unionize workers because a card check lets them gather support often without giving employers the opportunity to campaign against organizing.
(More here.)
Published: January 14, 2011
NYT
The National Labor Relations Board announced on Friday that it planned to sue four states — Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah — in an effort to overturn recently approved state constitutional amendments that prohibit private sector workers from choosing a union through a process known as card check.
The labor board asserts that the amendments conflict with federal labor laws and are pre-empted by the Supremacy Clause of the United State Constitution.
The state amendments were promoted by various conservative groups concerned that Democrats in Congress would join President Obama in enacting legislation that would give unions a right to insist on using card check, which makes it possible for employees to unionize without elections. But Congressional Republicans blocked passage of such legislation, known as the Employee Free Choice Act.
Under current law, employers can insist that secret ballots be used when unions are trying to organize private sector employees. But unions had hoped that the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act would make it easier to unionize workers because a card check lets them gather support often without giving employers the opportunity to campaign against organizing.
(More here.)
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