Senate Defeats Resolution to Block NLRB Election Rule

rejected3.JPGA measure designed to prevent the National Labor Relations Board’s new election rule from taking effect next Monday was defeated in the Senate. On Tuesday the Senate voted 45-54 in favor of a motion to proceed to a vote on S. J. Res. 36, a resolution disapproving of the Board’s rule that expedites and makes other dramatic changes to the representation election process. At least 60 votes were needed to allow the resolution to proceed to a vote. The vote was largely along party lines, with no Democrats supporting the resolution and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) the only Republican to vote against the measure. Continue reading this entry at Littler's Washington DC Employment Law Update.

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