Labor’s division over the bill funding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has helped clear the way for President Obama to sign it. Unions are split in their opposition to the measure, with some fearing its provision on union election rules endangers organizing. Union officials say they were kept in the dark about the negotiations between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that helped pass the bill. The resulting compromise changed the Railway Labor Act (RLA) so that the percentage of a company’s workforce needed to vote for holding a union election was increased from 35 to 50 percent.
Labor unions left sour with President Obama set to sign FAA funding bill - The Hill's Transportation Report
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