Show GUESS WHO'LL WIN f s J 4 R 0 s' s ss s's A s iOn i- i f On 0 Your Mark Gel Get Set Set Like any other contest a union drive to organize workers must have a set of rules The unions try to persuade the workers workers work work- ers that they will benefit from representation The employer in some cases tries to persuade his employees they're better off without it The National Labor Relations Board NLRB tries to ensure the race is run fair and square and has powers to blow the whistle if it Though refinements could be made the National Labor Relations Relations Re Re- lations Act the Act the set of rules rules has has worked pretty well to keep the race fair and to balance competing interests But now comes the so-called so labor reform act S. S 1883 pushed hard by organized labor and tops on its legislative shopping list A House version has already passed The Senate early in the new session will also take it up If written into law the measure not only could disrupt the management labor balance balance balance bal bal- ance but make a mockery of employer rights to speak out out and and employee rights to decide the issue of union representation in inan inan inan an unhurried pressure-free pressure atmosphere S. S 1883 will put simply change the rules to tip the race in favor of unionization It puts new restrictions on managements management's managements manage manage- me ments ment's t s freedom of speech lays heavy pen penalties ties against employers employers employers em em- who do not agree fast enough to union contract demands demands demands de de- de- de mands shortens the time in which a company can argue against unionization and even would blacklist offending employers employers employers em em- from federal contracts while providing no similar penalty penalty penalty pen pen- alty for offending unions The US U.S. Senate has a chance to rectify the Houses House's error and vote this bill down Common sense demands it |