(Bloomberg) — A new rule that would allow quicker elections in union organizing efforts would make it harder for small businesses to oppose them, a business trade group's lawyer said during a Senate hearing.
Current union election processes take a median of 38 days, while the new regulation would allow votes in as few as 10 days, National Federation of Independent Business lawyer Elizabeth Milito told the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday.
The National Labor Relations Board rule "will accomplish nothing more than holding of elections at lightning speed, while reducing employees' chances of making informed decisions," Milito said during the hearing in Washington.
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