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| Obama Appointed Controversial NLRB Member Craig Becker by Recess Appointment |
On December 22, 2010, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)that will require all private sector employers to post an 11" x 17" notice in their workplaces providing detailed information to employees about their rights to organize or join a union under the National Labor Relations Act.
Under the requirement, employers would face a number of sanctions for failing to post the notice. Those sanctions include: a charge of unfair labor practices; extending the having the time limits for filing other unfair labor practice charges against the employer; and having the NLRB consider the failure to post the notice as evidence of unlawful motive in other unfair labor practice cases.
The NLRB will use language that is close to what is in the DOL Poster used by Federal Contractors. Board Member Brian Hayes (R) filed a dissent to the rulemaking, asserting “the Board lacks the statutory authority to promulgate or enforce,” the NPRM.
The NLRB is accepting comments for 60 days from the issue date. To submit comments, click here.
To view the NLRB press release and fact sheet, click here.For further information about the NLRB, visit www.nlrb.gov.
Under the requirement, employers would face a number of sanctions for failing to post the notice. Those sanctions include: a charge of unfair labor practices; extending the having the time limits for filing other unfair labor practice charges against the employer; and having the NLRB consider the failure to post the notice as evidence of unlawful motive in other unfair labor practice cases.
The NLRB will use language that is close to what is in the DOL Poster used by Federal Contractors. Board Member Brian Hayes (R) filed a dissent to the rulemaking, asserting “the Board lacks the statutory authority to promulgate or enforce,” the NPRM.
The NLRB is accepting comments for 60 days from the issue date. To submit comments, click here.
To view the NLRB press release and fact sheet, click here.For further information about the NLRB, visit www.nlrb.gov.
Barack Obama and organized labor have made no secret about promoting each other's interests. Last week Obama renominated Craig Becker to the NLRB who is currently serving via a Presidential recess appointment. Craig Becker has served as Associate General Counsel to both the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Becker is so pro-union he previously opined that "employers should have no right to be heard" in cases before the NLRB and “‘Employees’ only choice,” explained Mr. Becker, “should be over which set of union officials get ‘exclusive’ power to negotiate their wages, benefits, and work rules.” Read More On Craig Becker
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