With the 2012 elections behind us, an important question for you
is: "What will a second Obama term bring in the way of new
regulations governing federal labor policy?"
The Obama administration likely will attempt to move forward
with the aggressive regulatory agenda launched in 2011 that is
designed to make it easier for workers to join unions. The
administration embarked on this course after Democrats lost control
of the House of Representatives to Republicans in the 2010
elections.
With Republicans continuing to hold a House majority in the new
Congress, the administration's only option for moving its agenda
forward is through the regulatory process. However, many of the
administration's labor regulations initiated by the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB) during the past two years currently face
legal challenges brought by the Coalition for a Democratic
Workplace (CDW) of which NRCA...
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