Posted on 03/02/2012 9:50:44 PM PST by ColdOne
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was within its legal powers when it issued a rule requiring employers to post notices about union rights, a judge ruled Friday.
The rule would require employers to display notices about collective bargaining rights, and has been challenged in court by several trade associations.
In a memorandum opinion filed Friday, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the NLRB did not exceed its statutory authority in issuing the rule. She did rule, however, that the NLRB cannot “make a blanket advance determination that a failure to post [the notice] will always constitute an unfair labor practice,” though it can be considered in individual cases.
The chairman of NLRB said he was pleased that the judge upheld the poster rule.
“This notice will provide American workers with meaningful awareness of their rights and protections under federal labor law,” NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce said in a statement. “It is particularly gratifying that the court was willing to decide the case on an expedited basis, leaving plenty of time for employers to comply before the rule takes effect on April 30, 2012. “
Reaction from business groups was mixed.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Next week a judge will rule that the NRLB can mandate broken kneecaps for anyone resisting joining unions.
How about nonunion posters describing the rights of workers to refuse unionization?
you know it! Oh and a concrete boot for family member’s too!
Those would just be ripped down by the union thugs, er, “business agents.”
Maybe I’m missing something here... This has been standard for decades.
I’ve never worked at a business up North that didn’t have that notice posted.
A shatterproof glass case maybe
I don’t think so. We’ve got mandated state & federal posters about minimum wage, anti-discrimination laws, fair labor practices, and family and maternity leave (the worst is an Illinois-mandated poster spouting the lie that women make 70 cents for every dollar men make, with a picture of some change next to a dollar). We’ve never had to put up a poster telling employees about union rights.
Didn’t say WHERE they had to be posted. How about in the janitor’s closet OR on the smokestack of a large plant OR in each toilet.
Also did not say HOW BIG signs had to be posted. A poster the size of a postage stamp on the ceiling won’t be noticed.
Also did not say HOW MANY had to be posted. So post only one sign.
Let’s be creative.
The state has no business enforcing this.
While I have no problem with unions in the private sector, the govt has absolutely no business interfering with employers and the organized labor it pays wages to. If the employer says no, the union has the option to leave.
What’s next? Employers must have posted signs measuring 3X3 feet with a picture of a trial lawyer with his telephone number to call if you think you have a potential lawsuit against your employer for any reason.
There is no difference what-so-ever. Freedom loses one more notch on the pole of rights.
This has been standard for decades.
I’ve never worked at a business up North that didn’t have that notice posted.
Remember, the codeword for everything today is FAIR. It is only FAIR that everyone become a union member and vote for Socialism and Communism. After all, these systems are FAIR aren’t they? /Sarc
The real problem is that with marginal control of congress and/or the white house from 1980 to the present Republicans ahve not tried to reduce the power of agencies...because as former members they can make millions in the lobby industry.
To start with, I'm not a northerner and to finish, I hate unions with a passion and public employee unions even more!
(as an aside: how does one force another to love anything?)
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