H.R. 3094 would block the NLRB’s proposed modest rule changes to streamline and modernize the way union elections are conducted. The singular goal of this bill is to delay and ultimately prevent union representation elections. Its aim is to deny workers the opportunity for a voice at work. In June, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a notice of proposed changes in the way elections to form unions are conducted - changes which are a common sense approach to clean up an outdated system to ensure workers have a fair choice. The proposed changes would:
- Allow for electronic filing of election petitions and other documents.
- Ensure that employees, employers and unions receive and exchange timely information they need to understand and participate in the representation case process.
- Standardize timeframes for parties to resolve or litigate issues before and after elections.
- Require parties to identify issues and describe evidence soon after an election petition is filed to facilitate resolution and eliminate unnecessary litigation.
- Require employers to provide a final voter list in electronic form soon after the scheduling of an election, including voters’ telephone numbers and email addresses when available.
- Consolidate all election-related appeals to the board into a single post-election appeals process and thereby eliminate delay in holding elections currently attributable to the possibility of pre-election appeals.
- Make board review of post-election decisions discretionary rather than mandatory.
This letter is a response from America's Building Trades.