On March 31, 2015, President Obama used the fourth veto of his presidency to prevent passage of S.J. Res. 8, a congressional resolution aimed at blocking implementation of the NLRB’s “Quickie Election” Rule. The NLRB Rule, which will benefit organized labor by speeding up the union election process, is set to go into
This past December, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its Final Rule implementing an accelerated process for conducting union representation elections—the
“Quickie Election” Rule. The new regulations are to go into effect on April 14, 2015. Various trade groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have already filed legal challenges seeking to invalidate the