House Rejects Union-Related Amendments to the FAA Reauthorization Bill

HouseofRepresentatives.jpgOn Friday the House of Representatives approved by a 223-196 margin the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 658) without adopting a number of controversial union-related amendments to the measure. As expected, the chamber narrowly rejected by a vote of 206-220 a bipartisan amendment (pdf) offered by Reps. Steven LaTourette (R-OH) and Jerry Costello (D-IL) that would have stricken from the bill a provision that repeals the contentious new National Mediation Board (NMB) election rule.  Continue reading this entry at Littler's Washington DC Employment Law Update

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