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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently handed down a decision that will allow employers to classify more than 8 million workers as “supervisors” and strip them of their rights to fully participate in a union and be protected under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
The NLRB ruled on three cases, collectively known as Kentucky River, but it’s the lead case Oakwood Healthcare Inc. that creates a new definition of supervisor. The NLRB’s decision is a direct threat to thousands of nurses who assume the part-time duties of a “charge nurse.” These “charge nurses” will lose the protection of their unions and the rights afforded them under the NLRA. It also will severely limit the number of workers who can join a union.
New legislation introduced in the House by Representatives Rob Andrews (D. - New Jersey) and George Miller (D. - Calif.) (HR 1644) and in the Senate by Senators Chris Dodd (D.- Conn.), Dick Durbin (D. - Ill.) and Ted Kennedy (D. - Mass.) (S 969) will overturn this unfair and harmful decision.
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