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National Right to Work Foundation asks National Mediation Board to eliminate confusing \u2018straw man\u2019 decertification rules for airline and railroad workers<\/em><\/h3>\n

Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2019)<\/b> \u2013 The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has submitted comments to the National Mediation Board (NMB) supporting the agency\u2019s proposed simplification of the rules enabling workers in the airline and railway industries to vote to remove a labor union that lacks the support of a majority of workers.<\/p>\n

The NMB, which administers the Railway Labor Act (RLA), is currently considering rulemaking to modernize and update the rules for workers seeking to hold a vote to strip union officials of their monopoly bargaining powers. The process is particularly important since under federal law RLA unions can force workers to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment, even where state Right to Work laws protect other employees from forced union dues.<\/p>\n

Longstanding legal precedent unanimously upholds that the RLA allows workers to choose their representative or no representative at all. However, NMB rules, in particular the current \u201cstraw man\u201d requirement, make exercising this right inordinately complex.<\/p>\n

The confusing rule forces an individual employee to run as a \u201cstraw man\u201d union to replace the incumbent union as the monopoly representative. Once elected by a majority of the workers, the new \u201cstraw man\u201d representative may then disclaim collective representation, but is not legally required to do so.<\/p>\n

The Foundation\u2019s comments to the NMB explain that the current \u201cconfusing and obfuscatory process\u201d undermines both the letter and spirit of the RLA:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposed rules are long overdue. Employee free choice is the RLA\u2019s most significant policy, and the proposed rules are needed to ensure that all employees have an equal and fair choice regarding union representation. The Board has statutory authority to adopt the proposed rules, and should do so as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix also commented on the long overdue reform:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis proposed change is a commonsense reform to the current process which only makes sense if the goal is to confuse workers about their rights to remove an unwanted union. Ultimately the Railway Labor Act has many fundamental problems that require legislative action, not the least of which is that it grants union bosses the power to have workers fired for nonpayment of union dues or fees even in states with Right to Work laws. However, while we wait action from Congress to fix those greater injustices, adopting this basic change within the confines of the flawed RLA is well worth doing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to submitting the formal comments, veteran Foundation staff attorney Glenn M. Taubman testified at the NMB hearing on March 28 in favor of the proposed rule change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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