House Republicans hold hearing to complain about, threaten NLRB

The Republican freakout over the National Labor Relations Board continued this week, with the House Education and Workforce Committee holding a hearing on the NLRB's proposed rule changes to streamline elections by reducing frivolous legislation and abuses.

If the NLRB won't do just what they want, Republicans say they'll find other means to preserve the ability of employers to stonewall and intimidate:

Republicans will seek to stop the rule with legislation, Representative Robert Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat, said yesterday in a conference call with reporters.

?We are going to exercise everything in our toolbox? to ?block this,? Representative John Kline, a Minnesota Republican and committee chairman, told reporters after the hearing.

Here's an interesting factoid about Kline. According to OpenSecrets, his top 2010 donor was Boeing, which is locked in its own dispute with the NLRB. Also in his top 10 were Koch Industries and Walmart.

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