Thanks
to Mitch McConnell and his fellow Senate Republicans giving in to Harry Reid’s “nuclear” threat last month,
America’s employers–large and small–and their consultants and attorneys will be
shocked when Obama’s new labor secretary Thomas Perez releases the Department
of Labor’s proposed “persuader” regulations in November.
Originally
included as part of the 1959 Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
during the crackdown on corrupt unions, the LMRDA currently requires employers
to disclose the fees paid to advisors (either attorneys or consultants) who
“persuade” employees in the exercise of their Section Seven Rights under the
National Labor Relations Act.
Under the
threat of criminal penalty for willful failure to file the required reports,
the interpretation of this provision has always been applied to those companies
who hire consultants who meet directly with employees regarding
union activity.
In 2011,
however, Barack Obama’s former labor secretary, Hilda Solis, proposed to greatly expand the definition of “persuader activity.” The
proposal was met with nearly 9,000 public comments–including a blistering rebuke from the usually-politically neutral
American Bar Association…..To Read More…..
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