Friday, April 20, 2012

The poster the U.S. Chamber of Commerce doesn't want you to see

Like many of the progressive initiatives of the Obama Administration, the requirement that employers post NLRA rights in the workplace has not evoked much passion on the left.

Not so on the right. Starting with the Boeing Case, the modest moves towards enforcing the labor law on the books taken by the NLRB under Obama's appointees has created a furor. The requirement employers to post labor law has prompted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to sue the NLRB, a move supported by the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Restaurant Association, and just about every other employer group.

The requirement to post NLRA rules, which had already been pushed back to April 30th to allow time for the case to be heard, would have had approximately 6 million businesses post a simple notice of rights to workers to organize free from threats or coercion - similar to minimum wage posters, equal opportunity posters, and others already required by the DoL.

However, a recent ruling has further delayed the posting, on the theory that the NLRB doesn't have the authority to require employers to post rules unless it is specifically mandated by the Congress.

The poster the U.S. Chamber of Commerce doesn't want you to see:

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