U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has signed on as co-sponsor to Georgia U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson’s bill to reverse a National Labor Relations Board decision to allow “micro-unions,” collective bargaining units made up of subsets of employees within the same company.
“The NLRB’s decision to allow micro-unions divides workplaces and makes it harder and more expensive for employers to manage their workplace and do business,” Alexander said in a news release. “This legislation will restore balance and fairness to the workplace and reduce the conflict, lawsuits, and uncertainty that this decision causes.”
In a floor speech last year, the Tennessee Republican cited NLRB approval for a bargaining unit just for cosmetic and fragrance employees in a Macy’s department store: “Imagine if every department of Macy’s decided to form a union. The employer would have dozens of different groups to negotiate with, and the different unions would be fighting each other over who got the better raises and break rooms in terms of employment.”