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Lawmakers and witnesses debate secret ballots, card check and the NLRB’s blocking‑charge policy
Summary
Witnesses and members clashed over whether secret‑ballot elections should be required, the legality of card‑check recognition and the effects of a revived blocking‑charge policy that critics say delays elections.
A central theme at the House Education and Labor subcommittee hearing was how union representation should be chosen: by secret‑ballot elections, by voluntary recognition based on signed cards, or by a mix of methods authorized under the National Labor Relations Act.
Aaron Solum, a staff attorney at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, told the subcommittee the board’s prior actions had tilted procedures in favor of union officials and away from "employee free choice." "The Biden NLRB gutted that historic preference for secret ballot elections in favor of the card check process," Solum said in his opening remarks, and…
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