{"id":189209,"date":"2021-03-04T17:12:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189209"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:12:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:12:30","slug":"biden-labor-board-blocks-construction-workers-from-union-exodus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-labor-board-blocks-construction-workers-from-union-exodus\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Labor Board Blocks Construction Workers From Union Exodus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-labor-board-blocks-construction-workers-from-union-exodus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230821933_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration is blocking the exits for construction workers who unanimously voted to cut ties with their union.<\/p>\n<p>The National Labor Relations Board refused to allow a group of Indiana workers to hold a vote that would decertify their representation with the local carpenters&#8217; union despite the group&#8217;s unanimous support for cutting ties.\u00a0The group of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>workers\u00a0submitted the request to the regional NLRB, which blocked the\u00a0attempt to decertify.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-labor-board-blocks-construction-workers-from-union-exodus\/\"><strong>Biden Labor Board Blocks Construction Workers From Union Exodus<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/gop-grills-biden-nominee-for-top-defense-post\/\"><strong>GOP Grills Biden Nominee for Top Defense Post<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-admin-to-restart-palestinian-aid-as-payments-to-terrorists-flow\/\"><strong>Biden Admin to Restart Palestinian Aid as Payments to Terrorists Flow<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The board&#8217;s lawyers allege that the workers are engaging in &#8220;bad faith&#8221; bargaining, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/case\/13-CB-273050\">case filing<\/a>. Indiana is a right-to-work state, meaning the state allows employees to work without requiring union membership, but the board is blocking the vote under federal law on the grounds of bad faith bargaining.<\/p>\n<p>The carpenters&#8217; union did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict comes as President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats signal their readiness to take executive and legislative action to empower labor unions. Biden has already overhauled the leadership of the NLRB with the unprecedented removal of the board&#8217;s general counsel, and House Democrats are expected to vote on the PRO Act, a drastic labor reform bill.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Semmens, vice president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which is assisting the workers, said the labor board is already moving to undo reforms put in place by the NLRB under former president Donald Trump that simplified the process for workers to decline union representation.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2020, the NLRB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/news-outreach\/news-story\/nlrb-finalizes-rulemaking-to-protect-employee-free-choice\">finalized<\/a> rules that simplified the process for employees to decertify their union leadership. &#8220;The Board believes that these amendments better protect employees\u2019 statutory right of free choice on questions concerning representation,&#8221; the board stated.<\/p>\n<p>Semmens said the move to block the Indiana workers from decertifying their leadership is the first step in weakening those rules.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would fully expect that once there&#8217;s a Biden majority on the NLRB, they&#8217;re going to move to undo those rules to allow unions to block even more instances where workers are seeking decertification elections,&#8221; Semmens said. &#8220;It certainly points to something I unfortunately think we&#8217;re going to see more of in the coming years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats are also expected to vote on the PRO Act next week. The act would significantly weaken right-to-work laws nationwide, although it stands little chance of passing the deadlocked Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is blocking the exits for construction workers who unanimously voted to cut ties with their union. 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