WASHINGTON — With Republicans looking to block one of the biggest labor law reforms of the Obama era, Senate Democrats are telling the National Labor Relations Board that it has their support in speeding up the union election process.
In December, members of the NLRB announced that they would move ahead with new rules effectively cutting the time that employers have to stall or derail unionization efforts. The move infuriated business lobbies, which claim the reforms will infringe on employers’ free speech rights, while unions hail them as commonsense changes that will help workers vote in a timely manner.
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Declaring that the reforms will “modernize” the union election process, the Democratic senators urged board members to push ahead despite the latest lawsuit.
“We believe this rule will restore balance and certainty to the union election process and strongly encourage you to vigorously defend this rule in the face of such challenges,” the senators wrote.
