This just in from the pro-management side.
Unions take action; Gird themselves for pending NLRB decision on supervisor status
"Skilled and experienced workers such as registered nurses, who give instructions to co-workers about how and when to perform certain tasks, are particularly vulnerable to reclassification as supervisors under this push for a broader reinterpretation of the term," EPI argued. "For example, nurses who tell orderlies or nurse aides to do certain things for particular patients are at high risk of reclassification, as are journeymen construction workers who guide other workers on a crew."
8 million workers affected? EPI issued a policy brief after analyzing the potential impact of the decisions. Its analysis was two-fold: first, it examined the supervisory duties associated with the occupations involved in dozens of cases pending before the NLRB or its hearing officers; then it examined the supervisory duties of the entire U.S. private sector workforce that is covered by the NLRA.
"Looking just at the dozens of pending cases, the position advocated by the employers involved would lead to the exclusion of approximately 1.4 million employees as supervisors," the think tank found. "Across all occupations, this extreme employer-centric position would strip 8 million more workers of their right to participate in a union and bargain collectively, adding to the approximately 8.6 million first-line supervisors that the Government Accountability Office estimates have already been excluded by prior interpretations of the NLRA."
EPI said the forthcoming decisions could potentially affect many in the building and construction, broadcast, energy, shipping, accounting industries, as well as the health care. It concluded that in each of 35 occupations, ranging from registered nurses and computer systems analysts to private guards and police officers, more than 50,000 employees could lose their right to join a union or bargain collectively.
No leaders from the Democrats have spoken out against Kentucky River, and Conservative won't touch the issue of labor...it's a sleeping dog for them, let it lie. It was only a 5-4 Supreme Court Decision that will reset our labor laws to depression era standards. Will our democracy die in silence because of apathy on the part of our leaders?
You can let them know how you feel at the following websites. Better yet, let your friends know what is happening. Maybe we don't need a union today, but we might tommorrow, especially with management only looking out for themselves (stock option backdating is yet another employee and shareholder ripoff).
Please support the bipartisan Employee Free Choice Act!
Protest Kentucky River decision at NLRB