[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 135 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, the testimony presented last week in the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce and in other recent hearings 
makes it apparent that the National Labor Relations Board is an out-of-
control Government bureaucracy.
  Under the direction of the current Chairman and general counsel, the 
Board appears to be liberally interpreting the law and appears in many 
cases to be getting involved in labor disputes in order to promote the 
agenda of organized labor.
  In our committee last week, hard-working business people spoke about 
the questionable NLRB actions in labor disputes and testified that the 
Board ignores illegal union tactics which result in substantial cost to 
the employers and disruptions and uncertainty in the workplace. The 
Board's conduct also allows unions to harass companies until they give 
in and agree to representation, despite the wishes of the employees.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress should rightfully be concerned that the 
National Labor Relations Board is not acting as a neutral referee in 
labor disputes as required by law. This behavior should be unacceptable 
to anyone who values the traditional concepts of fairness and balance 
in the labor-management relations in the United States.

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