As a preemptive strike against a final "ambush"
representation election rule, Republican lawmakers in both chambers
introduced legislation that would blunt its intended effects. In
February, the National Labor Relations Board
reissued its controversial proposal that would not only
expedite union election procedures, but also fundamentally alter
the way elections are carried out, and remove many employer due
process rights. The reissued proposal was substantively the same as
that initially introduced in June 2011, which triggered over 65,000
comments. The Board will hold public hearings on this
proposed rule in the coming weeks.
In response, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Reps. John Kline
(R-MN) and Phil Roe (R-TN) on Thursday introduced bills that would
prevent several of the proposed rule's provisions from
materializing. Specifically, the Workforce Democracy and
Fairness Act would address many of the procedural aspects of the
proposed rule, while the Employee
