This August the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a rule that requires private sector employers to post a notice advising employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)—rights they’ve had for more than 70 years. Like other notices of workplace laws regarding safety and health, compensation, and discrimination, the poster raises awareness without unduly burdening employers.
But anti-worker politicians and corporate interest groups are up in arms over this modest step forward for everyday Americans. So we put together this short video on the poster to expose the right-wing hysteria for what it really is: political theater intended to undermine even the most basic protections for the 99 percent.
The right-wing pundits featured in our video have tried to make the argument that this simple poster will kill jobs and threaten our economic recovery, even though small business owners blame low consumer spending for their hesitance to create jobs—not regulations like this one. As for the millions of employees struggling to make ends meet in this upside down economy, knowing their rights to form a union and bargain collectively for a better life has never been more important.
[...] VIDEO: It’s just a poster by Zoe Bridges-Curry on November 10, 2011 Originally posted at: American Rights at Work Blog [...]
[...] Indeed, until today it was a possibility that that a Republican member of the NLRB, Brian Hayes, would quit the board in order to deny it a quorum and prevent it from issuing decisions or finalizing election rule changes that would reduce, but not eliminate, management’s overwhelming advantages. Hayes’ departure would have constituted outright sabotage of the NLRB’s ability to do its legally-mandated job. To his credit, he showed up for today’s votes. The board has already finalized a new rule asking employers to inform employees of their legal rights via a poster. [...]