Former NLRB Chair Bob Battista Reflects on Changes in Labor Relations and Economy

"Labor Relations," Washington Business Journal

In this article featuring Bob Battista of Littler's Washington, D.C. office, a question and answer interview reveals a detailed outlook on the state of labor relations, including the various efforts put forth by employers and unions, in addition to their effects on the economy. "[The Employee Free Choice Act] permits a lot of peer pressure to be used if all the unions have to do is get a majority of the proposed bargaining unit to sign authorization cards," stated Battista. "In the past, a lot of people signed cards knowing they still had the secret ballot and they could get their friends off their back by signing the card, knowing it was the secret vote that really counted."