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Virginia Foxx: This cannot be what Congress intended when it adopted the National Labor Relations Act to promote the general welfare…

On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
This cannot be what Congress intended when it adopted the National Labor Relations Act to promote the general welfare and the free flow of commerce.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Concern that NLRB actions contradict original labor law intentions.

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