GOP moves to block union election rule

http://thehill.com/regulation/labor/232213-gop-moves-to-block-union-election-rule

By Tim Devaney - 02/09/15 04:50 PM EST

Senate Republicans sought Monday to employ the little-used Congressional Review Act in a bid to block the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from speeding up union elections.

The statute empowers Congress to overturn executive branch regulations it doesn't like, provided enough lawmakers sign on to the effort.

A trio of top GOP lawmakers introduced a motion of disapproval against what they refer to as the NLRB’s “ambush” election rule, issued last year.

“This rule is a solution in search of a problem,” Senate Labor Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said Monday on the floor.

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