House Approves Measure that Places Restrictions on NMB Representation Elections

Update: On February 6, 2012, the Senate approved the conference report by a vote of 75-20. On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed this bill into law.

As expected, the House of Representatives approved the conference report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding bill that includes significant restrictions over air and railway union organizing. The House voted 248-169 in favor of the report reconciling the House and Senate versions of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (H.R. 658), which reauthorizes the agency’s programs and provides its funding for a four-year period. Continue reading this entry at Littler's Washington DC Employment Law Update.