Posted on 04/13/2012 5:38:23 PM PDT by mdittmar
A federal judge ruled Friday that the National Labor Relations Board cannot require millions of private employers to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.
U.S. District Judge David Norton in South Carolina said the labor board exceeded congressional authority when it approved the poster requirement last year.
The decision Friday conflicts with a ruling last month by another federal judge in Washington, D.C., who found the posters were a reasonable means to make workers aware of collective bargaining rights.
Both lawsuits were brought business groups that claim the posters are too one-sided in favor of unions. The labor board contends the posters simply explain workers' rights and protections under federal labor law.
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Now you know;)
Can a judge overturn the NLRB? Is that unprecedented, Barack?
/sarc
I would shut my company down before letting it go union.
I would leave the company I work for if it became union.
@#!#$%# the unions! I’m not paying some gangster thug for the privilege to get up in the morning and go to work.
Tax deductable I'm sure.
I don’t know why they are allowed to get away with what they pull. Unions had their day in the sun, IMHO. It’s time to get rid of them.
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