CDW Members:
Below please find clips relating to President Obama’s recent re-nomination of Craig Becker to the NLRB and other items of interest.
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NLRB
Obama uses normally-neutral board to pay back unions
The Daily Caller / Matthew Boyle
Jan 22, 2011
President Barack Obama’s administration continues its private sector unionization efforts, this time with the historically “politically neutral” National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). A newly proposed rule from the NLRB would require private sector companies to post employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act, the legislation that gives employees the “right” to unionize, in their workplaces.
President Obama nominates Lafe E. Solomon and Terence F. Flynn to National Labor Relations Board
Union Density
Union Membership in U.S. Fell to a 70-Year Low Last Year
New York Times
Jan 22, 2011
Barry T. Hirsch, a labor economist at Georgia State University, sees many reasons for the decline in unionization over the last few decades.
“Unionized companies obviously raise wages and benefits for their workers, and while they often raise productivity, typically they’re at a cost disadvantage, and unionized companies haven’t fared as well,” he said. “In addition, in an increasingly globalized, very fast-moving world, unionized companies may not be able to adjust as quickly.”
