More states should pass right to work laws so that union officials at least cannot profit from sticking around where they are not wanted, writes Mark Mix.
The National Labor Relations Act gives workers the right to request a union decertification election to remove a union from their workplace, but only under certain conditions.
But one should never assume the wishes of employees mean anything to federal bureaucrats, especially if the employees want to get rid of union representation. This explains why union bosses push for contracts that expire in exactly three years. They create a “thread-the-needle” 30-day window for workers to attempt a union decertification before a new contract takes effect and immediately blocks any vote from being held for the next three years.
Now, events triggered by the Department of Justice, which U.S. Brick’s workers could not control or even foresee, could prevent them from voting for another three years if the Teamsters can get a new contract in place before the expiration of the one-year successor bar.
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