On Wednesday, November 30 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, “Keeping College within Reach: Discussing Ways Institutions Can Streamline Costs and Reduce Tuition.” The hearing will take place in room 2261 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Over the last decade, college costs have risen dr... Read more »
The NLRB Putsch The descent of the National Labor Relations Board from independent referee to a wholly owned AFL-CIO subsidiary is speeding up. Now its two Democratic appointees are attempting to ram through a new rule requiring quickie organizing elections, with barely any notice and little consultation with its sole GOP member. Once a sleepy, ostensibly independent agency, the NLRB has become t... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in response to new developments surrounding the National Labor Relations Board ambush election scheme: “The state of dysfunction at the National Labor Relations Board is simply unprecedented. This is no way to govern the labor policies of virtually every private workplace, especially at a time when employer... Read more »
By Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) When so many of our fellow citizens are looking for work and America is competing against other countries to land businesses, the National Labor Relations Board continues to pursue an activist, politically motivated agenda thwarting economic recovery and continuing to place our companies at a competitive disadvantage worldwide. Virtually everyone is familiar with the mos... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced plans to hold a vote November 30 on controversial changes to the rules governing union elections: "This announcement confirms what we’ve suspected all along: the Obama NLRB is determined to impose a flawed rule that will cripple American workers’ fre... Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives held a procedural debate on the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, legislation that will defend employers’ free speech and workers’ free choice. This commonsense bill will restore long-standing workforce protections and prevent the activist National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from imposing sweeping changes on our workplaces. Despite Democrat claims to the c... Read more »
On October 5, 2011, Chairman John Kline (R-MN) introduced H.R. 3094, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, which will protect employer's free speech and worker's free choice. On November 30, 2011, the bill was approved by the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote of 235 to 188. Background: On June 22, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking th... Read more »
Dear Assistant Secretary Borzi: On July 26, 2011, you testified before the House Education and the Workforce Committee's Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions ("HELP Subcommittee") at a hearing entitled: Redefining "Fiduciary": Assessing the Impact of the Labor Department's Proposal on Workers and Retirees. At this hearing, a bipartisan group of lawmakers called on the U.S. Depa... Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), held a hearing entitled “Education Research: Identifying Effective Programs to Support Students and Teachers.” Under the Education Sciences Reform Act, the federal government supports states, school districts, and the private sector in conducting education research. State, local, ... Read more »
Thirty-six House Republicans have filed an amicus brief in support of legal efforts to overturn an unlawful National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulation. The controversial regulation requires every employer under the board’s jurisdiction to post in the workplace a biased and vague notice of employees’ labor rights. Numerous organizations representing workers and employers initiated a legal cha... Read more »