JOINT HOUSE-SENATE HEARING TO EXPLORE RECENT NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD DECISIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, and the Senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee will hold a joint hearing to discuss recent decisions issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The Bush majority on the NLRB has ruled on numerous cases throughout its term that have rolled back long-established workers’ rights. In September alone, while handing down 61 decisions, the NLRB overturned precedent and established new rules that make it even more difficult for workers to organize and less costly for employers to break the law and fire union supporters. WHAT: Joint hearing on "The National Labor Relations Board: Recent Decisions and Their Impact on Workers’ Rights" WHO: Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Rep. George Miller, Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee Robert J. Battista, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board Wilma B. Liebman, Member, National Labor Relations Board Jonathan Hiatt, AFL-CIO General Counsel Professor Matt Finkin, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois Feliza Ryland, Old Star Resort, Orlando, FL WHEN: 10:00am on Thursday, December 13, 2007 WHERE: House Education and Labor Committee Hearing Room 2175 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. # # #