AFL-CIO Files Complaint against Bush Board

The AFL-CIO has filed yet another in a series of complaints against recent anti-worker decisions by the Bush-dominated National Labor Relations Board. The AFL-CIO filed the complaint last Thursday with the International Labor Organization (ILO) Committee of Freedom of Association based on the Board’s continued effort to deny workers’ rights in violation of international labor standards. The complaint specifically addresses the Board’s decisions to shrink worker coverage under the National Labor Relations Act and increasing “management’s prerogative to discriminate, harass, and intimidate.” The AFL-CIO has also filed two cases – currently pending before the ILO – challenging the growing anti-worker complication of the NLRB. “Under Bush, America’s labor board has so failed our nation’s workers that we must now turn to the world’s international watchdogs to monitor and intervene,” said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. “The Bush Labor Board is kryptonite for America’s workers. There is no historic precedent for such aggressive efforts by the Board to curtail workers’ rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining.” In related news, the AFL-CIO is planning a major rally on Thursday, November 15 to protest the anti-worker decisions of the Board.