--- The unions won one Thursday. Senate Republicans fell short in an effort to roll back a new government rule that will make it easier for labor unions to organize new workers by changing the way votes are counted in representation elections.
The Senate, in a 56-43 vote, refused to overturn the National Mediation Board <http://www.nmb.gov/whatsnew.html>-approved rule that permits a union to organize if a majority of the employees taking part in an election vote to back the union, the Associated Press <http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/23/1353404/senate-rejects-bid-to-overturn.html> said. The old rule, in place for more than 75 years, required that a majority of /all/ employees at a facility must want the union. Those not taking part in the balloting were counted as "no" votes. ----
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