[Educationforall] FW: New NLRB Rules Mean Fair, Well-Informed Vote

[Carlos Pelayo]

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:16:43 -0400
From: aflcioblognews at aflcio.org
 Subject: New NLRB Rules Mean Fair, Well-Informed Vote

























June 28, 2011




More than 50 union volunteers made much-needed repairs to the Glynn Community Crisis Center in Brunswick, Ga., for women and children domestic violence victims.
Despite the clamoring from anti-worker lawmakers and employer groups, the National Labor Relations Board’s new rules modernizing union elections “do not advantage nor do they disadvantage unions...Both sides are given the opportunity to present arguments to allow a fair and well-informed vote,” says Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.). Click here for more from Cardin and other lawmakers. Also, a new study finds that anti-union campaigns begin even before workers file for an election, another reason for timely elections.
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