Senate Protects Big Labor Rule Change

Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

The Senate voted (not surprisingly considering its make-up) to defeat Sen. Johnny Isakson’s effort to restore the National Mediation Board’s radical rule change on how to count ballots in railway and airline union elections.

The Senate voted, 43-56, against proceeding to the joint resolution. “The Obama administration and two Democratic nominees to the National Mediation Board, in repealing this 75-year-old rule without congressional approval, or adequate reasoning, have recklessly tossed aside the fairness and impartiality to benefit their former bosses, the labor union movement,” Isakson said.

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