NLRB Puts
Unnecessary Burden on Small Businesses
By
Richard Bensman, ATSI Advocacy Chairman
[On
August 30, 2010, the National Labor Relations Board issued the “Notification
of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act,” which
goes into effect on November 14, 2011. The act requires most employers
to “post notices informing their employees of their rights as employees
under the NLRA.” There are concerns that the required posting will
encourage workers to organize and will therefore be detrimental to many
small businesses, including TAS.]
The NLRB
act is an attempt by the Obama administration to appease big labor and
to create more unions. It is yet another
business expense that will drive up costs while confusing and
diminishing the goodwill between employees and employers. All
businesses, including answering services, will have to spend time and
money to make sure these new regulations are fulfilled as demanded by
the NLRB.
I am afraid that if we quietly sit on the sidelines and do nothing, this
burdensome NLRB requirement will be another hoop that we will need to
leap through to conduct daily business. ATSI’s Government Relations
Committee has given the entire
telephone
answering service industry the
opportunity to easily communicate with their senators and congressmen to
express discontent of this requirement by the NLRB. ATSI
encourages everyone – both ATSI members and nonmembers – to take a
moment and go to a grassroots website to send an email to Congress asking them to
repeal the National Labor Relations Board ruling on unnecessary posting
regulations. Using this website, it will
take just a few minutes for each person to write to his or her two
senators and local congressman.
Then, please
take the extra step and follow up with your congressman and senators.
Contact their office and ask for the staffer who handles “labor
relations.” All you need to do is introduce yourself as
a constituent that sent a letter in reference to the NLRB and ask for an
update on the issue. This lets the staffers know this it is an issue
people back home are concerned with.
If this
effort fails, currently there are
two bills that are
suggesting a repeal of this mandate,
H.R.2833 and
H.R.2854.
Both bills have over forty cosponsors and have been referred to the
Education and Workforce Committee. But do not assume that either bill
will pass and the danger will be averted. Go to the website today and
let your voice be heard.
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