House and Senate Committee Leaders Submit Comments to NLRB on Proposed Changes to Ambush Election Rule
WASHINGTON,
April 18, 2018
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today submitted comments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) supporting the rescinding of a 2014 rule created by the Obama-era Board that drastically changed union election policies, and created ambush elections.
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today submitted comments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) supporting the rescinding of a 2014 rule created by the Obama-era Board that drastically changed union election policies and created ambush elections.
Rep. Foxx and Sen. Alexander, along with Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), wrote to the Board: “The 2014 rule significantly shortened the time between the filing of a petition and the earliest date at which an election can be held. Employees may now have as few as 11 days to consider the consequences of unionization before they have to vote. This is not an adequate timeframe for employees to educate themselves, especially when their employers’ time will be monopolized by legal preparations. As a result, employees often hear one side of the story from the union, but not their employer’s point of view. Background: Currently, the Board’s ambush election rule arbitrarily limits the ability of employers to legally prepare for union elections, and delays answers to important questions – like voter eligibility – until after the election. # # # |