A landmark NLRB ruling has survived a GOP push to overturn it.
“President Joe Biden followed through on Friday on his vow to veto a Republican-backed measure that would have repealed a U.S. labor board rule treating companies as the employers of many of their contract and franchise workers and requiring them to bargain with those workers’ unions.
The proposal to repeal the National Labor Relations Board rule passed Congress narrowly and it is unlikely Republicans can muster the two-thirds majority to override the veto by Biden, a Democrat. A federal judge in March blocked the rule from taking effect, but that decision will likely be appealed.
In a memo to lawmakers, Biden said the board’s rule would ensure that employers cannot evade their legal obligations by controlling workers indirectly through contractors.
‘Republicans are siding with union-busting corporations over the needs of workers and their unions,’ Biden said.
An NLRB spokeswoman declined to comment. Some Republican backers of the resolution did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The rule would treat companies as ‘joint employers’ of contract and franchise workers when they have control over key working conditions such as pay, scheduling, discipline and supervision, even if that control is indirect or not exercised.”
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