Obama pro-union rule to take effect

[Omaha Steve]

Source: The Hill

By Tim Devaney

An Obama administration rule that speeds up the process by which employees can unionize will take effect Tuesday (today) after Republicans last month failed to block the measure.

Under the new National Labor Relations Board rules, employees could potentially organize a union in less than two weeks, compared to the previous average of 38 days between the time a petition is filed and the election is held.

Labor groups say this will prevent management from needlessly delaying union elections. But Republicans and business groups contend it will not give companies enough time to prepare for union elections.

"These rules are similar to the ‘hurry-up offense,’ where one side hopes to catch the other off-guard with misdirection and a hurried pace,” said David French, senior vice president of government relations at the National Retail Federation. "In this case, employers will be put on constant defense and always placed at a disadvantage.”

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[marym625]

1. Ha! Take that oligarchs!

[mountain grammy]

2. "employers will be on constant defense

and always placed at a disadvantage?" Ha, give me a fucking break! I'd love to see a day when any employer is at a disadvantage.

[Romeo.lima333]

3. "employers will be on constant defense"\to that i say tough shit, fuck off and fuck you

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

4. Steve you have made a mistake, taken something out of context or linked to a bad source

Because I thought both parties were the same and if that is the case how is it possible a mainstream Democrat, like Obama, could do something NO con would EVER consider doing?

unless ...

[WillTwain]

6. Do you really think both parties are the same?

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

7. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

the UNLESS was the way of saying it is sarcasm without resorting to using the emoticon which I hate to use

[WillTwain]

8. Messing with you.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

9. sorry...i never know anymore

i am as guilty as I accused you of being

[freshwest]

5. Union forever! n/t

[Kingofalldems]

10. Kicked, recced and tweeted.

[secondvariety]

11. Good news.

[demosincebirth]

12. Prepare for union elctions? Its not the company who sets and runs the election, it's the NLRB

[mountain grammy]

14. Yeah, by prepare they mean intimidate and frighten

union supporters. They still have all the advantages and all the time to do exactly that. Labor gets an inch for every mile the corporations get.

[demosincebirth]

15. True, but that mile has been cut to the 440. Big difference.

[mountain grammy]

16. Yep, I'm for anything that helps..

[Starry Messenger]

13. k&r

[GoneFishin]

17. I wonder if this rule would be neutralized under the TPP ISDS provisions. nt

[1StrongBlackMan]

18. No. n/t

[GoneFishin]

19. I am not going to invest a lot of energy thinking through every scenario, but it seems to me

that any multinational that has labor costs that increase markedly because of union organizing might assert that the unions forced them to incur increased labor costs, and thus lost profits.

[1StrongBlackMan]

20. That is a case that will never be brought ...

lest, it open the do to do something about $100,000,000+ executive compensation packages for failed/failing Executives.

[madfloridian]

21. Are they going to stop breaking teachers' union by negating their contracts and agreements?

The layoffs, the turnaround schools, the firing of teachers because of one test? That is negating a contract.

Why don't people here worry about teachers' unions as well?

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

22. Dear David French - FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!!