The Biden administration is blocking the exits for construction workers who unanimously voted to cut ties with their union.
The National Labor Relations Board refused to allow a group of Indiana workers to hold a vote that would decertify their representation with the local carpenters' union despite the group's unanimous support for cutting ties.
Indiana is a right-to-work state, meaning the state allows employees to work without requiring union membership, but the board is blocking the vote under federal law on the grounds of bad faith bargaining.
The conflict comes as President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats signal their readiness to take executive and legislative action to empower labor unions.
Patrick Semmens, vice president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which is assisting the workers, said the labor board is already moving to undo reforms put in place by the NLRB under former president Donald Trump that simplified the process for workers to decline union representation.
"The Board believes that these amendments better protect employees' statutory right of free choice on questions concerning representation," the board stated.
"I would fully expect that once there's a Biden majority on the NLRB, they're going to move to undo those rules to allow unions to block even more instances where workers are seeking decertification elections," Semmens said.
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Friday, March 5, 2021
Biden Labor Board Blocks Construction Workers From Union Exodus
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