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(116,464 posts) Fri Mar 16, 2012, 10:50 AM Mar 2012

Five workers' rights rollbacks Mitt Romney wants to see

by Laura Clawson

To amplify a bit:

...No rights at work laws are terrible for workers.
Mitt Romney is angry at the National Labor Relations Board because, under President Obama, it has been fulfilling its mission of upholding labor law. Sometimes that means companies get in trouble for illegally firing workers or otherwise retaliating against them for exercising their rights. When George W. Bush's NLRB was routinely favoring business, Republicans were not so outraged.
Can you say "race to the bottom"?
The people of Ohio made clear how they felt about Senate Bill 5.
Union leaders get labeled as "having no interest in a constructive relationship with management" when they lead fights against wage and pension cuts, against making it easier to fire workers or cut their hours—in general, when they try to deny corporations the total control over workers' lives they want.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/15/1074765/-Five-workers-rights-rollbacks-Mitt-Romney-wants-to-see

Updated to include the details. Obviously, "Right to Work" is Republican speak.