United States: rebirth for the National Labor Relations Board

The amendment passed in Arizona recognizes only secret ballot elections as the means for representation elections and prohibits a process known as “card check” with which a majority of employees simply need to sign a petition to introduce a union in the company.  Unions like this process because it is easier.  Three other States which voted similar restrictions – South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah – are in the NLRB’s line of sight.  Lafe Solomon said he would take care of these later, saying that these amendments violate Federal Labor Law.
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n a petition to introduce a union in the company. Unions like this process because it is easier. Three other States which voted similar restrictions – South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah – are in the NLRB’s line of sight. Lafe Solomon said he would take care of these later, saying that these amendments violate Federal Labor Law.

A few weeks earlier, the legal advisor attacked Boeing which he says “illegally” moved the production of 787 Dreamliners from Washington state to south Carolina to

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