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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:16:43 -0400<BR>From: aflcioblognews@aflcio.org<BR> Subject: New NLRB Rules Mean Fair, Well-Informed Vote<BR><BR>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><B>June 28, 2011</B></SPAN></SPAN><BR>
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<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><A href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=MZ7iEZf3lMSXO5rS/5Kg7SGQkj9ro/%2BM" target=_blank><IMG title="Union community service" alt="Union community service" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/Glynn-Comm-center-2011-june_wp.jpg" border=0></A><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Op23XolBReUP%2BhlRsGOUWCGQkj9ro/%2BM" target=_blank>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</A>.</SPAN></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">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 <A href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=MJrsnpKgafSQ/xU2VqIe9yGQkj9ro/%2BM" target=_blank><B>here</B></A> for more from Cardin and other lawmakers. Also, <A href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=xg%2BO5CT767z/eB6w3a9sUCGQkj9ro/%2BM" target=_blank><B>a new study</B></A> finds that anti-union campaigns begin even before workers file for an election, another reason for timely elections.</SPAN></SPAN><BR>
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