Thursday, May 13, 2010

Republicans slam union rule change

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Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said Monday he wants to stop a federal rule change by the Obama administration that could make it easier for railway and airline employees to form unions. The National Mediation Board issued its final rule Monday that changed how workers could unionize at companies covered by the Railway Labor Act.

Originally, a majority of workers at a company covered by the law had to vote for a union while those not voting were counted as ''no'' votes to mitigate the established intimidation factor of union representatives on such votes.

Under the new rule made final on Monday, all such balancing provisions are removed, and if a majority of union-organized voters vote for union creation it will be considered passed by a majority of employees, regardless of participation levels...

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