Kline, Roe Statement on Court Striking Down NLRB Poster Regulation
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
May 7, 2013
House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) released the following joint statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia invalidated a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that would have punished employers for failing to post a biased notice of workers’ labor rights in the workplace:
Today’s federal appeals court decision is a win for workers and job creators nationwide. The NLRB’s vague and biased poster regulation was nothing more than a marketing campaign for Big Labor at the expense of workers and employers. It’s time the board stopped rewriting the law to advance a political agenda and started applying the law as prescribed by Congress. NOTE: In December 2012, House Republicans filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to urge the court the strike down the poster regulation. The congressional brief raised two critical legal issues:
A similar brief was filed in two federal district courts in 2011. # # # |