Congress may consider a rider to the Labor HHS Appropriations measure that would effectively stop the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from going forward with a proposed rule to shorten the period workers have to consider a vote to join a union.  Recently, the NLRB issued a proposed rule on June 22nd that represents a significant effort to undermine both employees and employers while strengthening the hands of the unions.  Under the current system, most union elections are conducted within a month or six weeks after union organizers file their petition to do so.  However, under the rules proposed by the NLRB, this time frame would shrink to less than three weeks – perhaps even as short as ten days.

As Congress takes up consideration of the Labor HHS Appropriations bill, there is a chance that a rider may be considered that would stop the NLRB from moving forward with this proposed rule.  The actual language of this rider is still under consideration in the committee, however, AWMA will be supporting any effort to stop this proposed new rule from becoming final.