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ICYMI: Obama's tactics taint labor board
Feb 11, 2013 - By Rep. John Kline A Feb. 4 column by Harold Meyerson ("How a GOP minority stole your rights") was long on rhetoric and short on key details that would have helped readers better understand a crisis facing our nation. While Meyerson's concerns about "nullified safeguards for average Americans" are ... More

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Subcommittee to Examine Recent NLRB Actions and the Future of the Board After Noel Canning
Feb 7, 2013 - On Wednesday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled “The Future of the NLRB: What Noel Canning vs. NLRB Means for Workers, Employers, and Unions.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 ... More

Kline, Roe Statements on Federal Court Ruling NLRB Recess Appointments Unconstitutional
Jan 25, 2013 - U.S. 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) issued the following statements today after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled President Obama’s January 2012 ... More

House Republicans Continue Legal Effort to Block NLRB’s Unlawful Poster Regulation
Dec 6, 2012 - House Republicans have filed an amicus brief in support of legal efforts to overturn the National Labor Relation Board’s (NLRB) poster regulation. Issued by the board in August 2011, the controversial regulation requires virtually every private employer to post in the workplace a biased and vague no... More

New Report Documents President’s Executive Overreach in Education, Workforce Issues
Oct 24, 2012 - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) this week released a report titled “The Imperial Presidency” that highlights the Obama administration’s pattern of executive overreach. “The president’s disturbing track record of legislating by executive fiat is simply unacceptable. I applaud Majority Leader... More

NLRB IG: NLRB Acting General Counsel Accused of Ethical and Criminal Misconduct, Failed to Recuse Himself
Sep 14, 2012 - Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued the following statements on a National Labor Relations Board Inspector General report alleging NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon committed e... More

NLRB’s Higher Education Actions Could Reduce Academic Freedom, Raise Costs
Sep 12, 2012 - The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a joint hearing entitled, “Expanding the Power of Big Labor: The NLRB’s Growing Intrusion in... More

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Joint Subcommittee Hearing to Examine Recent NLRB Efforts to Influence Higher Education
Sep 10, 2012 - On Wednesday, September 12th at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a joint hearing entitled “Expanding the Power of ... More

NLRA Reforms Needed to Strengthen Worker Protections and Tribal Sovereignty
Jul 25, 2012 - The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), today held a hearing entitled, “Examining Proposals to Strengthen the National Labor Relations Act.” The hearing reviewed decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) affecting secret ballot elect... More

House Republicans Continue Fight Against NLRB’s Unlawful Poster Regulation
May 30, 2012 - House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and 30 House Republicans this week filed a legal brief challenging a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulatory action that requires virtually every private employer to post a biased and vague notice of employee “rights” in... More

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