NLRB-sponsored election process is corrupt, says researcher
When it comes to holding free and fair collective bargaining elections, National Labor Relations Board procedures fail to meet the most basic standards of democracy, says Gordon Lafer, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon. “The system is so corrupt that it doesn’t remotely resemble the democratic process we think of when we use the term ‘election’,” he said at a June 7 briefing on Capitol Hill for members of Congress and staff.
At the request of American Rights at Work (ARAW), Lafer examined election standards established at our nation’s founding, the historical development of electoral law and jurisprudence and current statutes and regulations that define fair elections. He looked at the standards applied in U.S. elections and in foreign countries and compared them to collective bargaining elections.
The Lafer report is available here.
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