Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act

Sep. 15, 2011 | H.R. 2587

The bill was part of an orchestrated attack by congressional Republicans on workers' rights and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). It was sweeping legislation that undermines the basic rights of workers to organize and collectively bargain by permanently eliminating the NLRB's only effective remedy against a wide range of illegal employer conduct. In addition to crippling the enforcement powers of the NLRB, the bill makes it easier for companies to ship jobs overseas creating a new race to the bottom for American workers. The bill passed.