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President Obama Vetoes NLRB Legislation Backed by GOP

Posted On: Mar 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | washingtontimes.com President Obama vetoed a GOP-backed resolution Tuesday that would halt a National Labor Relations Board rule making it easier for workers to hold so-called "ambush" union-organizing elections, his second veto since Republicans took control of the Senate in January. The president said the congressional action would block "modest but overdue reforms to simplify" union elections. "Because this resolution seeks to undermine a streamline democratic process that allows American workers to freely choose to make their voices heard, I cannot support it," he said. Full story...