Labor Updates (5/11/07)

GAO ANALYSTS TO SEEK UNION REPRESENTATION “Watchdogs who work for the Congress are ready to seek union representation,” reports Stephen Barr in the Washington Post (5/8)… UNIONS ARGUE FOR OVERTURNING ‘WORKERS ARE SUPERVISORS’ RULING "Cheered on by dozens of nurses in the audience, a nurse from Salt Lake City--who’s been arbitrarily declared a “supervisor”--and a former National Labor Relations Board member told Congress it should change labor law to overturn the Bush NLRB’s “workers are supervisors” ruling,” reports Mark Gruenberg of Press Associates, Inc. (5/8)…HOUSE PANEL BUCKS BUSH ADMINISTRATION ON WORKPLACE RIGHTS “In a blow to Bush administration efforts to overhaul the civil service, a House subcommittee yesterday voted to roll back contentious workplace changes planned for the Defense Department,” reports Stephen Barr in the Washington Post (5/9).