Legislative Alert
Letter Calling on National Mediation Board to Act on Stalled Labor Negotiations
… Dear Representative: On behalf of the 12.5 million workers and 60 affiliate unions represented by the AFL-CIO, I urge you to join your colleagues in signing on to a congressional letter to the National Mediation Board (NMB) concerning a number of … so by the NMB. Some employers have little incentive to move talks forward if the workers’ greatest form of leverage – the right to withhold their labor – is kept at bay by the government without a timely release. Unfortunately, many negotiations … you to use the tools at your disposal to ensure the timely resolution of these cases. First, we want to acknowledge the work of the National Mediation Board (NMB) in dealing with the unprecedented level of bargaining in recent years due to …