[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 48 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF A RULE SUBMITTED BY THE 
                     NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

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                               speech of

                          HON. PETER J. ROSKAM

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 19, 2015

  Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I would like to voice my strong support for 
S.J. Res. 8 and I plan to vote yes today.
  Late last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finalized a 
new rule empowering unions with the ability to hold ``ambush 
elections.'' Whereas the current median amount of time to prepare for 
union elections is 38 days, this rule dramatically lowers the time to 
as few as 11 days. This does a great disservice to both employers and 
workers, who would have little time to adequately prepare for 
elections, much less to communicate and understand the pros and cons of 
such a move.
  Even more dangerously, the ambush elections rule also requires 
employers to hand over workers' personal information without their 
consent, including cell phone numbers, email and home address, and work 
schedules. This is a grave breach of privacy, with inadequate 
protections for how that information is handled, and could subject 
workers who oppose joining the union to intimidation tactics at all 
hours of the day, no matter where they are.
  I strongly support this joint resolution of disapproval and want that 
support to be made part of the record. I hope the President realizes 
the folly of this misguided and dangerous regulation and signs this 
resolution into law now that it has passed both the House and Senate.

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