The House Education and Workforce Committee has reacted to those “We Can’t Wait” appointments with a reminder to be very, very afraid of the new 2012 Obama NLRB regardless of how unconstitutional it all may turn out to be in the end. Just look at the short list of Obama Board’s decisions since 2009 –
- Specialty Healthcare gave Big Labor the green light to gerrymander the workplace for their own gain using “micro-units” of as few as two employees. (While still making no provisions for “micro-units” that might wish to opt out of union representation entirely.)
- The Giant Rat ruling allows unions to harass neutral third-party businesses with impunity. (While also declaring the rat itself “protected free speech”)
- The rollback of Dana allows unions to bully both workers and their employer into a card check agreement without fear of a secret ballot.
- The Quickie Election Rule restricts an employer’s response to union propaganda and smears, effectively denying employees their best chance to make a fully informed decision in a union election.
- The one–sided Mandatory Posting Rule will educate workers on the steps to join a union but not the steps or their right to decertify.
- The Boeing complaint sent the chilling message that the Obama Feds can and will put millions of dollars of legal hurt on a company not only for relocating to a Right to Work state but for taking a tough stance with a bully union at the bargaining table.
And we would add the multiple Board decisions that establish protection from reprimand for employees who publicly trash their employer including wearing prison clothes – errr – anti-company tee shirts on service calls.
