https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/23/which-democrats-will-pay-a-price-for-siding-with-the-nlrbs-big-labor-agenda/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:49:57 -0400<![CDATA[The Democrats have picked a curious and potentially very costly fight this election year. President Obama came into office promising Big Labor that its agenda is his agenda, and he wasted little time using the National Labor Relations Board to make good on that promise. That board is supposed to be a fair arbiter of labor disputes, but the president packed the NLRB with Big Labor activists, and the board tried to ram a union-favoring &#8220;ambush rule&#8221; through to implementation. The rule would slash the amount of time employees and employers have to consider unionization in non-unionized work places from six weeks to as little as 15 days, potentially tilting America&#8217;s increasingly non-unionized work force toward unionization. When unions can plot and ambush workers and employers with snap elections, their winning percentage goes way up, but when more time is allowed for both sides to weigh all the potential ramifications of unionization, workers routinely reject unionization.]]>Wed, 23 May 2012 08:24:15 -0400<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2012/05/23/which-democrats-will-pay-a-price-for-siding-with-the-nlrbs-big-labor-agenda-n165509