Friday, April 20, 2012

Do employees have a right to know labor law?

We are getting a nice view of exactly how far "equality under the law" goes in the U.S. these days. The District Court of South Carolina has ruled that the NLRB doesn't have the right to make employers post rules informing workers of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

I was having an argument with my cousin the other day about whether we should have retirement plans guaranteed by the government. His basic argument was that he "wanted to give people the opportunity to save their own money." Of course, flip that around and you see that this also gives people the "opportunity" to live out their old age in poverty.

Same idea here. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce - who is backing the case against the NLRB - cannot argue that workers shouldn't be "equal under the laws" of the United States. So instead, they boldly proclaim their support of the "equal opportunity" of workers to be ignorant of the law!

The poster the U.S. Chamber of Commerce doesn't want you to see:
(click on picture for larger version, or get the pdf)

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