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Senator
Tim
Scott
Announces
Support
for
New
Bill
to
Significantly
Reform
the
National
Labor
Relations
Board
National
Labor
Relations
Board
Reform
Act
will
return
NLRB
to
a
neutral
arbitrater
for
employers
and
employees |
Washington,
DC
–
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
today
announced
support
for
the
National
Labor
Relations
Board
Reform
Act,
S.2814,
which
when
enacted
will
turn
the
National
Labor
Relations
Board
(NLRB)
back
to
a
neutral
arbitrater,
an
impartial
and
unbiased
board
protecting
the
rights
of
both
employers
and
employees.
It
would
also
keep
the
general
counsel
from
operating
as
an
activist
for
one
side
or
the
other.
"South
Carolina
has
experienced
firsthand
what
happens
when
the
National
Labor
Relations
Board
tries
to
bully
a
state
and
I'm
proud
we
fought
back
and
won,”
said
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott,
a
member
of
the
U.S.
Senate
Committee
on
Health,
Education,
Labor
and
Pensions.
"The
National
Labor
Relations
Board
Reform
Act
will
go
a
long
way
toward
stopping
the
ongoing
partisan
actions
of
the
Obama
Administration
and
the
activist
board.
From
their
attempts
to
undermine
secret
ballots
for
union
elections
to
the
President’s
unconstitutional
play
to
stack
the
board
with
leftwing
partisans
that
would
side
exclusively
with
big
unions,
the
NLRB
is
out
of
control
and
must
be
changed
now.
Senator
Scott
continued,
The
“National
Labor
Relations
Board
Reform
Act
is
a
needed
first
step
to
putting
the
NLRB
in
its
proper
role
as
a
neutral
arbitrater,
an
impartial
and
unbiased
board
protecting
the
rights
of
both
employers
and
employees.
By
reforming
the
NRLB,
we
can
continue
to
make
it
easier
to
get
our
economy
back
on
track
and
allow
more
South
Carolina
workers
to
get
back
to
good
paying
jobs.”
The
National
Labor
Relations
Board
Reform
Act,
introduced
by
Senate
Republican
Leader
Mitch
McConnell
(R-KY)
and
U.S.
Senator
Lamar
Alexander
(R-TN),
addresses
three
problems
with
the
board—its
partisanship,
its
activist
general
counsel,
and
its
slow
decision-making—with
three
commonsense
solutions.
The
legislation
will:
- End
partisan
advocacy:
To
put
an
end
to
the
partisanship,
this
legislation
would
increase
the
number
of
board
members
from
five
to
six,
requiring
an
even
split
between
Republicans
and
Democrats.
All
decisions
would
require
the
agreement
of
four
board
members,
resulting
in
consensus
from
both
sides.
The
five-year
terms
of
the
board
members
would
be
synched
up
over
time
so
that
a
Republican
and
Democrat
seat
are
up
for
nomination
at
the
same
time.
- Rein
in
the
general
counsel:
The
board’s
most
recent
general
counsels
have
stretched
federal
labor
law
to
its
limits—and
sometimes
beyond.
With
this
bill,
parties
will
have
30
days
to
seek
review
of
a
general
counsel’s
complaint
in
federal
district
court
and
will
have
new
discovery
rights
allowing
them
to
obtain
memoranda
and
other
documents
relevant
to
the
complaint
within
10
days.
- Encourage
timely
decision-making:
The
NLRB
is
taking
too
long
to
resolve
cases.
Under
the
NLRB
Reform
Act,
either
party
in
a
case
before
the
board
may
appeal
to
a
Federal
Court
of
Appeals
if
the
board
fails
to
reach
a
decision
in
their
case
within
one
year.
To
further
incentivize
speedy
decision-making,
funding
for
the
entire
NLRB
would
be
reduced
by
20
percent
if
the
board
is
not
able
to
decide
90
percent
of
its
cases
within
one
year
over
the
first
two-year
period
post-reform.
Senator
Scott
has
long
been
a
leader
in
calling
for
NLRB
reforms.
During
a
July
2013
hearing
where
he
questioned
President
Obama's
NLRB
nominees,
he
highlighted
the
challenges
the
NLRB
faces
due
to
its
activist
board.
Watch
Senator
Scotts
comments
here.
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Senator
Tim
Scott
represents
the
great
state
of
South
Carolina
in
the
United
States
Senate.
For
more
information,
please
visit
the
Senator's website,
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