New union-friendly rule from Obama targets small business
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Supporters of tougher regulations on businesses usually present them as necessary to curb abuses by large "fatcat" corporations.
However, President Obama's administration is pursuing a new labor rule that would largely ignore big business and instead target small and medium-sized companies.
Under the federal "persuader" rule, businesses currently must disclose whenever they hire somebody to try to convince their employees they shouldn't unionize — hence the rule's name. Now the administration wants to expand the disclosure to include any time managers who receive legal advice on the subject.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The persuader rule is part of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, which was passed in 1959 to prohibit stealth anti-union campaigns by employers.