House could vote to cut Labor influence

Red States:

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If the appropriations bill is passed, with their oxygen supply cut off, both of the unions’ main weapons in their war on job creators—the Department of Labor and the NLRB—would be significantly curtailed.

Here are the relevant sections [with emphasis].

Reducing Harmful Red Tape and Increasing Oversight – To increase oversight over taxpayer funds and improve the effectiveness of DoL programs, the legislation requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct two studies: 1) an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of job training programs; and 2) an evaluation of the “skills-mismatch” problem within these programs to ensure that the training provided is adequate to meet the employment needs of local businesses and the demands of the current marketplace.

In addition, the legislation includes several provisions that are designed to foster a pro-job growth environment by reducing or eliminating the Administration’s aggressive regulatory overreach. Some of these include:

• A provision prohibiting the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for federal construction projects.
• A provision prohibiting the “Right to Know under the Fair Labor Standards Act” regulation that requires employers to meet excessive documentation requirements when hiring contractors.
• A provision that prohibits federal employees from participating in union activities while “on the clock” for their official duties.
• A provision prohibiting the implementation of the so-called “Persuader” regulation that would interfere with employers’ access to specialized, legal counsel during union organizing campaigns.
• Several provisions related to the H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visa Programs to reduce unnecessary regulations and costs to employers.

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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) – The bill includes $234 million for the NLRB – a decrease of $49 million (-17%) below last year’s level and $54 million (-19%) below the President’s budget request. In addition, the legislation includes several provisions intended to stop the NLRB’s harmful anti-business regulations that would impose additional and excessive costs on American businesses, increase job loss, and further hinder economic growth. These provisions include: a prohibition on establishing micro-unions; a prohibition on eliminating secret ballot elections; a prohibition on “quick-snap elections”; a prohibition on the implementation of “e-Card Check,” which could promote coercion in union elections; and a prohibition on aggressive regulatory overreach on the small business community.

Read the entire release Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives release here.

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If this can be done as a separate appropriation there is not much the Democrats can do about it.  Action by the Senate or the President to kill the bills would mean there would be no appropriations for these Big Labor bastions.