Support Grows For NLRB Rule Change
Support continues to pour in for the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) proposed rule designed to ensure a fair process for workers who want to vote on whether to form a union.
Here are some of the latest statements:
Sen. Charles Schumer:
The NLRB took an important step toward preserving workplace fairness by proposing new rules that promote equality and efficiency in union elections. These common-sense rules will level the playing field and help bring more American men and women into the middle class.
Sen. Daniel Akaka: (Read the full statement here):
Workers – many of whom are struggling during these difficult economic times – deserve the right to decide if they wish to join a union without delay or intimidation. This common sense proposal will protect that right, and will make the private sector union election process more efficient and less costly.
Rep. Steve Israel:
The NLRB proposed rules changes will inject clarity and fairness into the organizing process. Working families have been hit hard by the recession. Our workers deserve the right to choose to stand together in defense of their pay, hours and benefits.
Check out other statements in favor of the proposed rule here and here.
Symposium to Tackle Challenge of Putting America Back to Work
The contrast is staggering: While Wall Street celebrates record earnings for the fat cats at the top financial firms, the reality on Main Street is that more than one in six working Americans is now unemployed or underemployed.
In the midst of this jobless “recovery,” leading policymakers and experts will gather to discuss how public policy should respond to this unprecedented unemployment crisis at the conference, “The Jobs Deficit: The Challenge of Putting America Back to Work.” The New America Foundation’s Bernard L. Schwartz Economic Symposium is sponsoring the discussion Oct. 20 in Washington, D.C.
For more information and to register for the symposium, click here.
