Opinion
Mandatory Pro-unionizing Posters
Written by Ralph R. Reiland
Just when it looked as if employers were getting less fearful about what President Obama might do next to worsen the business climate, the National Labor Relations Board (now with its first Democratic majority in a decade, thanks to Obama’s appointees) announced on December 14 that private employers will be required to display pro-unionizing posters in their businesses under a newly proposed federal rule.
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