December 8, 2011

Posted by Ann McCulloch

MEMA continued its efforts to oppose the NLRB’s proposed rule on posting requirements by filing an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court lawsuit filed in South Carolina by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) August 30 Final Rule, siding with the Chamber in its arguments.  This is the second brief MEMA has entered on this issue, following its Nov. 23 filing of an amicus brief in a similar U.S. District Court lawsuit in the District of Columbia brought by the National Association of Manufacturers. 

The NLRB rule would require employers to post a notice of an employee’s right to unionize.  MEMA opposes the NLRB’s mandate to employers to post the notice as beyond the scope of the Board as well as the unfair labor practices that employers would be subject to for failure to comply. 

“This posting rule and our members’ concern over unprecedented overreach by the Board led us to file in the Chamber lawsuit as well,” said Bob McKenna, MEMA’s President and CEO.  “We believe that the NLRB lacks the authority to impose this rule on employers and see it as part of an aggressive, unnecessary agenda that we hope the Courts will be able to put in check.”