11/3: New Rule to Benefit Rail, Plane Unions
Posted by Editor on November 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Organized labor appears to be gaining the upper hand in the skies and on rails, as labor and business battle for influence under the Obama administration.
The National Mediation Board wants to make it easier for thousands of airline and railway workers to unionize under the Railway Labor Act by seeking to junk a 75-year-old election rule, according to a proposal published Monday in the Federal Register.
