Congressman Phil Gingrey introduced H.R. 548, Restoring Democracy in the Workplace Act, a bill to repeal a rule promulgated by the National Mediation Board allowing unions to organize railway and airline industries with less than a majority of employees voting in favor of representation. Gingrey stated: “It is imperative that employees retain their democratic rights in the workplace when deciding whether or not to unionize, and the National Mediation Board’s rule allowing a minority of employees to decide the fate of representation elections is inherently undemocratic.” “The rule imposed by the NMB is nothing short of a political gimmick to circumvent the legislative process and enact meritless, big labor priorities through an unelected three person panel,” Gingrey continued. “Their move to radically alter these rules without any necessary reason for doing so is clearly arbitrary and motivated by the demands of big labor.”
