The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over a requirement that businesses must post a notice explaining worker’s rights to form unions. The chamber announced the lawsuit on Sept. 20. The rule will take effect Nov. 14.
According to the chamber, the rule violates the First Amendment, and "arbitrarily and capriciously excludes from the mandatory notice a description the fundamental rights of employees to be free of compulsory union membership and compulsory union dues."
"At a time when the private sector is striving to create desperately needed new jobs, it is disappointing to see that the NLRB is imposing new and unnecessary regulations on employers," said Randy Johnson, the chamber’s senior vice president of labor, immigration, and employee benefits, in a statement. "The latest rule is part of the NLRB’s pattern of tipping the scale in favor of unions, at the expense of employers and employees alike."
The American group is the world’s largest business federation, representing more than 3 million businesses, industry groups, and state and local chambers of commerce. Critics have accused it of being increasingly political, and President Obama’s administration has said it regards it as an opposition group.
