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Labor board’s ‘quickie election’ rule attracts nearly unprecedented public heat
by TexasBlue Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:01 pm
Labor board’s ‘quickie election’ rule attracts nearly unprecedented public heat
Matthew Boyle
The Daily Caller
August 17, 2011
The National Labor Relations Board’s “quickie election” proposal has received a nearly unprecedented backlash from Americans nationwide.
If the NLRB finalizes its proposed rule, the time between when union organizers file a petition and when an election takes place would be shortened to just 7–10 days. Traditionally, unionizing elections are held up to six weeks after organizers meet the petition requirements for one.
But since the Board published its proposed rule change in the Federal Register on June 22, more than 17,000 public comments have come in. Most of them are critical of the proposal. Members of the public can comment through August 22.
Though some public comments are undoubtedly from advocacy groups and organizations with a financial stake in the battle’s outcome, thousands seem to have come from ordinary Americans.
“We now have 17,000 Americans on the record essentially agreeing with President Obama: that the job-killing agencies in his administration need to stop wrecking the economy with new anti-business, anti-jobs regulations,” Fred Wszolek of the Workforce Fairness Institute told The Daily Caller.
Wszolek is referring to Obama’s promise to control federal agency regulations so they don’t have a negative effect on the economy.
Former NLRB board member Peter Schaumber told TheDC that a spike in the public’s interest and involvement in these rule changes may be a referendum against how this Board is breaking from tradition in its policy development. Schaumber says the only other instance he knows of a similar level of public concern about NLRB issues was a 1974 amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that broadened its scope to include private health care institutions.
He said about 20,000 people sent in public comments then, but Americans had two full years to weigh in.
“The NLRB generally establishes labor policy with [courtroom] decisions,” Schaumber said in a phone interview. “Engaging in rulemaking is an unusual activity for the board.”
Another red flag that Schaumber notices with the Board’s handling of its “quickie election” proposal is the lack of transparency in the NLRB’s deliberations. Schaumber says it appears as though the Board’s members evaded the Sunshine Act, either by meeting only two at a time or by using staffers to relay information among themselves.
Schaumber points out that there are three Democratic NLRB members and only one Republican, and that the Sunshine Act requires that meetings of more than two NLRB members must be published and at least somewhat open to the public. No meetings were ever announced while the NLRB was planning the proposal.
He also says the Board appears to be rushing to finalize its new policy before more Americans can flood the government with disagreeable comments. “It started as a very non-transparent process,” he said. “And now it’s a very expedited public process.”
Matthew Boyle
The Daily Caller
August 17, 2011
The National Labor Relations Board’s “quickie election” proposal has received a nearly unprecedented backlash from Americans nationwide.
If the NLRB finalizes its proposed rule, the time between when union organizers file a petition and when an election takes place would be shortened to just 7–10 days. Traditionally, unionizing elections are held up to six weeks after organizers meet the petition requirements for one.
But since the Board published its proposed rule change in the Federal Register on June 22, more than 17,000 public comments have come in. Most of them are critical of the proposal. Members of the public can comment through August 22.
Though some public comments are undoubtedly from advocacy groups and organizations with a financial stake in the battle’s outcome, thousands seem to have come from ordinary Americans.
“We now have 17,000 Americans on the record essentially agreeing with President Obama: that the job-killing agencies in his administration need to stop wrecking the economy with new anti-business, anti-jobs regulations,” Fred Wszolek of the Workforce Fairness Institute told The Daily Caller.
Wszolek is referring to Obama’s promise to control federal agency regulations so they don’t have a negative effect on the economy.
Former NLRB board member Peter Schaumber told TheDC that a spike in the public’s interest and involvement in these rule changes may be a referendum against how this Board is breaking from tradition in its policy development. Schaumber says the only other instance he knows of a similar level of public concern about NLRB issues was a 1974 amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that broadened its scope to include private health care institutions.
He said about 20,000 people sent in public comments then, but Americans had two full years to weigh in.
“The NLRB generally establishes labor policy with [courtroom] decisions,” Schaumber said in a phone interview. “Engaging in rulemaking is an unusual activity for the board.”
Another red flag that Schaumber notices with the Board’s handling of its “quickie election” proposal is the lack of transparency in the NLRB’s deliberations. Schaumber says it appears as though the Board’s members evaded the Sunshine Act, either by meeting only two at a time or by using staffers to relay information among themselves.
Schaumber points out that there are three Democratic NLRB members and only one Republican, and that the Sunshine Act requires that meetings of more than two NLRB members must be published and at least somewhat open to the public. No meetings were ever announced while the NLRB was planning the proposal.
He also says the Board appears to be rushing to finalize its new policy before more Americans can flood the government with disagreeable comments. “It started as a very non-transparent process,” he said. “And now it’s a very expedited public process.”
TexasBlue
Re: Labor board’s ‘quickie election’ rule attracts nearly unprecedented public heat
by dblboggie Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:19 pm
What have I said, countless times?
Obama is going to do an end run around the peoples representatives and shove crap like this right down our throats no matter how much we disagree.
Obama is behaving more like a dictator every day it seems. I honestly believe that if he could, he would sweep aside all constitutional and legal restraints on executive powers and run the country as a tyrant.
Obama is going to do an end run around the peoples representatives and shove crap like this right down our throats no matter how much we disagree.
Obama is behaving more like a dictator every day it seems. I honestly believe that if he could, he would sweep aside all constitutional and legal restraints on executive powers and run the country as a tyrant.
dblboggie
Re: Labor board’s ‘quickie election’ rule attracts nearly unprecedented public heat
by Guest Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:23 pm
don't you just love reading propaganda...
any one want their cup topped-up
“We now have 17,000 Americans on the record essentially agreeing with
President Obama: that the job-killing agencies in his administration
need to stop wrecking the economy with new anti-business, anti-jobs
regulations,” Fred Wszolek
Wszolek is referring to Obama’s promise to control federal agency
regulations so they don’t have a negative effect on the economy.
any one want their cup topped-up
Guest- Guest
Re: Labor board’s ‘quickie election’ rule attracts nearly unprecedented public heat
by TexasBlue Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:29 pm
cable2+1 wrote:don't you just love reading propaganda...“We now have 17,000 Americans on the record essentially agreeing with
President Obama: that the job-killing agencies in his administration
need to stop wrecking the economy with new anti-business, anti-jobs
regulations,” Fred Wszolek
Wszolek is referring to Obama’s promise to control federal agency
regulations so they don’t have a negative effect on the economy.
any one want their cup topped-up
How can you even begin to say that when you haven't researched the issue? This president has added more regulations towards business than his predecessors.
TexasBlue
Re: Labor board’s ‘quickie election’ rule attracts nearly unprecedented public heat
by Guest Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:17 pm
TexasBlue wrote:cable2+1 wrote:don't you just love reading propaganda...“We now have 17,000 Americans on the record essentially agreeing with
President Obama: that the job-killing agencies in his administration
need to stop wrecking the economy with new anti-business, anti-jobs
regulations,” Fred Wszolek
Wszolek is referring to Obama’s promise to control federal agency
regulations so they don’t have a negative effect on the economy.
any one want their cup topped-up
How can you even begin to say that when you haven't researched the issue? This president has added more regulations towards business than his predecessors.
to recognize propaganda as propaganda one don't need to get into a debate with that propaganda... in fact it's much better to refuse to debate the propaganda then to be spun off in to areas where only the propagandist have any way forward.. much better not to take part but to debate openly on information free from spin on either side.
Guest- Guest
Re: Labor board’s ‘quickie election’ rule attracts nearly unprecedented public heat
by TexasBlue Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:42 pm
cable2+1 wrote:TexasBlue wrote:
How can you even begin to say that when you haven't researched the issue? This president has added more regulations towards business than his predecessors.
to recognize propaganda as propaganda one don't need to get into a debate with that propaganda... in fact it's much better to refuse to debate the propaganda then to be spun off in to areas where only the propagandist have any way forward.. much better not to take part but to debate openly on information free from spin on either side.
And again, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. At all! The gov't has added 75 new major regulations since Obama came into office. A study has shown that those 75 new regs costed business $38 billion annually.
According to the Government Accountability Office, which is a non-partisan agency of the US gov't:
between October 2010 and March of this year, 1,827 rulemaking proceedings were completed, 37 of which were classified as "significant" or "major," meaning their expected economic impact surpassed $100 million per year. According to estimates by regulatory agencies, 15 of these new major regulations have combined annual costs of a whopping $5.8 billion.
The number of pages in the Federal Register, which chronicles all new and proposed rules and regulations, jumped 18 percent in 2010. Further, the Federal Register documents more than 4,200 regulations in waiting, not including new EPA clean air rules, ObamaCare mandates, new fuel economy standards, or Dodd-Frank regulations.
More is on the way. The Federal Register notes that more than 4,200 regulations are in the pipeline. So, stick a sock in it if you can't debate this because so far you haven't.
TexasBlue
Re: Labor board’s ‘quickie election’ rule attracts nearly unprecedented public heat
by kronos Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:50 pm
cable2+1 wrote:don't you just love reading propaganda...
Cable: posts need to be substantive. Snark is OK so long as it is accompanied by a cogent argument; snark without an actual argument is not a valid post. If you don't think the statement is worth debating, there is no need to post.
kronos
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