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Kline Statement on National Labor Relations Board Member Resignation
May 29, 2012 - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement today after Terence Flynn announced he would resign as a member of the National Labor Relations Board effective July 24, 2012. Mr. Flynn joined the board on January 9, 2012 after receiving... More

Kline Challenges NLRB’s Backdoor Ambush Election Scheme
May 9, 2012 - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon demanding additional information on newly implemented policies that require NLRB regional offices to schedule pre-election u... More

Republican Workforce Leaders Join Legal Fight Against Job-Destroying Micro-Unions
Apr 24, 2012 - House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) this week joined Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) and Senate Subcommittee on ... More

Kline Urges President to Side with Workers and Employers, Stop Misguided NLRB Regulation
Apr 17, 2012 - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia prevented the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from enforcing its poster regulation: "At a time when employers are str... More

Kline, Roe Commend Federal Court for Reining in Activist NLRB
Mar 2, 2012 - 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 today issued the following joint statement commending the federal District Court for the District of Columbia for striking down a National Labo... More

Sixty-Five Representatives File Challenge to NLRB's Ambush Election Rule
Feb 16, 2012 - Today, House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) joined Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) to introduce a resolution (H.J. Res. 103) under the Congressional Review Act that will block the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) December ambush election rule. Sixty-f... More

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Senate and House to File Challenge to NLRB’s Ambush Election Rules on Thursday
Feb 15, 2012 - On Thursday, February 16 at 3:45pm in the Senate Radio-TV Gallery, members of the House and Senate will file a challenge the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) recent ambush election rules. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Representativ... More

VIDEO RELEASE: Committee Republicans Raise Constitutional Objections to President's "Recess" Appointments
Feb 10, 2012 - This week, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce examined President Obama’s decision to make so-called recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), even though the Senate was not in recess. As Chairman John Kline (R-MN) noted during Tuesday’s hearing, the president’... More

NLRB Recess Appointments Create Confusion and Uncertainty for Workers and Employers
Feb 7, 2012 - The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled, “The NLRB Recess Appointments: Implications for America’s Workers and Employers.” The hearing examined the constitutional concerns and legal uncertainty surrounding President Obama’s... More

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Committee to Examine Unprecedented NLRB Recess Appointments
Feb 3, 2012 - On Tuesday, February 7 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled “The NLRB Recess Appointments: Implications for America's Workers and Employers.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Of... More

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