Heidi Alexander: “I have come to the floor today to discuss the Congressional Review Act resolution that Senator McConnell, the Republican…”

“I have come to the floor today to discuss the Congressional Review Act resolution that Senator McConnell, the Republican leader, Senator Enzi, the Senator from Wyoming, and I have filed to stop a new National Labor Relations Board rule. Last December, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule that shortened the time between when pro-union organizers ask an employer for a secret ballot election and when that election actually takes place. I refer to this as the ``ambush election rule,'' because it forces a union election before an employer has the chance to figure out what is going on. Even worse, it jeopardizes employees' privacy by requiring employers to turn over employees' personal information, including email addresses, phone numbers, shift hours, and locations to union organizers. This action by the National Labor Relations Board, which increasingly has become a union advocate instead of umpiring disputes between employees and employers, has attracted enormous attention across this country. I have letters from the U.S.…”