Remember when Arnuld took on the nurses and got beat down over it?
Citing an imminent and irreparable threat to nurses’ democratic right to union representation and their ability to safely advocate for their patients, thousands of registered nurses will take to the streets this week. At issue is an imminent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a series of cases that could unfairly reclassify hundreds of thousands of RNs as “supervisors,” and thus ineligible for union representation, and the protection it provides for their patient advocacy....read on
Tula Connell: "American Workers' Freedom to Form Unions Threatened Under Bush NLRB"
Meanwhile, the NLRB has refused to hear oral arguments on the cases--and has heard no oral arguments, a fundamental part of any due process, since the Bush administration took office. In fact, the NLRB denied union requests to heard oral arguments in these cases...read on
The Agonist has more also
