Today, the Chamber urged Members of our regional congressional delegation to support a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives that would bring balance to our workplace laws. The “Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act” would amend the National Labor Relations Act in order to strike a balance within the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by providing for a fair and deliberate representation hearing process without “ambush elections” that limit an employer’s ability to communicate with employees. It would also reinstate the criteria that the NLRB has traditionally used for determining the appropriateness of a proposed bargaining unit.
The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has continually fought for the rights of employers and workers as it relates to fair, private, and timely union elections . In the last Congress, the Chamber together with the business community successfully stymied efforts to pass legislation that would strip workers’ rights to a federally supervised, private ballot process. The fight for fair elections continues however under the rule-making authority of the NLRB. Efforts by the Board to quicken the election process and to gerrymander smaller, fractured bargaining units must be kept from moving further. The “Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act” would do exactly that.
Please click here to read a copy of our correspondence. We ask that you contact your representative in Congress urging him or her to support the “Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act”.
