Will Quicker NLRB Elections Make a Difference?

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Houston           The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new rule has survived numerous delays, Congressional attacks offset by a threatened veto, and huge corporate pushback to finally find dry ground and take effect.  We have not seen the corporate equivalent of the zombie apocalypse, so the country still stands. For all the hype the rule itself …

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ALEC Anti-Public Worker Union Strategy Gaining Steam in the South

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Little Rock      The ALEC/Koch Brothers strategy to defund public worker labor unions throughout the country continues to sprout up in southern and southwestern states even while the headlines focus on the assault in  the Midwest.  Bills to curtail or deny payroll deductions for public worker unions have emerged front and center in a number states …

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