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\nAtlantic City, NJ (June 3, 2008)<\/b> \u2013 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a controversial and ground-breaking ruling that gives Congressmen and other public officials the green light to stage fake \u201ccertification\u201d ceremonies that give the misimpression of official government recognition of a union during \u201ccard check\u201d organizing drives. <\/p>\n

The case dismissed objections to the conduct of Congressman Robert Andrews (D-NJ) and other government officials who participated in a televised sham union \u201ccertification\u201d ceremony and public announcement that workers had selected a union immediately prior to a NLRB certification election last summer at the Trump Plaza Hotel in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n

The NLRB\u2019s ruling raised the burden of proof requirements for arguing that conduct tainted a certification election. Earlier Board law did not require challengers to present incontrovertible evidence that many employees were actually aware of the objectionable conduct \u2013 only that it was likely that many were. <\/p>\n

In addition to filing a brief supporting Trump Plaza\u2019s request that the Board set aside the election, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation filed unfair labor practice charges and a House Ethics Committee complaint. <\/p>\n

The Foundation\u2019s unfair labor practice charge, which has been held in abeyance pending the appeal regarding certification, points out that Congressman Andrews led an extraordinary public event (which was televised and disseminated by other media) and aided UAW union officials in interfering with the free exercise of employee rights in choosing whether to unionize. \u201cActing under the false imprimatur of NLRB authority,\u201d Andrews counted union authorization cards that were not necessarily intended by employees to be considered formal votes, and he signed and announced a \u201cCertification of Majority Status\u201d for unionization.<\/p>\n

Andrews\u2019s participation, given his position as Chairman of House of Representative\u2019s subcommittee that oversees labor issues, made the union\u2019s televised public announcement of its \u201ccertification\u201d particularly problematic. Given his prominent role in the creation of federal labor policy, employees could think that the union had already been formally installed, or that the union\u2019s election was a forgone conclusion. As the Foundation\u2019s brief in the case pointed out, Andrew\u2019s actions likely had the effects of suppressing turnout for the election, and inducing employees to vote for a \u201cpre-certified\u201d union, thus disenfranchising employees and destroying the \u201claboratory conditions\u201d under which NLRB elections are required to take place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bush Labor Board has just opened the floodgates. Workers will be faced with union officials\u2019 aggressive use of Members of Congress during coercive union organizing campaigns,\u201d said Foundation vice president Stefan Gleason.\n<\/p>\n

\n###\n<\/p>\n

\nA copy of the NLRB’s decision can be downloaded here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Foundation’s amicus<\/i> brief to the board can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nAtlantic City, NJ (June 3, 2008)<\/b> \u2013 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a controversial and ground-breaking ruling that gives Congressmen and other public officials the green light to stage fake \u201ccertification\u201d ceremonies that give the misimpression of official government recognition of a union during \u201ccard check\u201d organizing drives. <\/p>\n

The case dismissed objections to the conduct of Congressman Robert Andrews (D-NJ) and other government officials who participated in a televised sham union \u201ccertification\u201d ceremony and public announcement that workers had selected a union immediately prior to a NLRB certification election last summer at the Trump Plaza Hotel in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nBush Labor Board Authorizes Congressmen to Issue Union \u201cCertifications\u201d Intended to Deceive Employees - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/news\/bush-labor-board-authorizes-congressmen-to-issue-union-certifications-intended-to-deceive-employees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bush Labor Board Authorizes Congressmen to Issue Union \u201cCertifications\u201d Intended to Deceive Employees - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Atlantic City, NJ (June 3, 2008) \u2013 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a controversial and ground-breaking ruling that gives Congressmen and other public officials the green light to stage fake \u201ccertification\u201d ceremonies that give the misimpression of official government recognition of a union during \u201ccard check\u201d organizing drives. 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