AFL - CIO Files Complaint on Supervisors (in the UN)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Labor-Supervisors.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

AFL - CIO Files Complaint on Supervisors

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 22, 2006

Filed at 8:50 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Organized labor is filing an international protest about a federal decision redefining which workers are supervisors exempt from legal protection to join unions.

The AFL-CIO, a federation of about 50 labor unions with 9 million members, said it would file a complaint Monday with the International Labor Organization of the United Nations about a decision this month by the National Labor Relations Board.

The decision, covering a series of cases known as the Kentucky River cases, involved the role of a supervisor.

The board ruled that nurses who regularly run shifts at health care facilities should be considered supervisors and exempt from federal protections that cover union membership. The decision potentially has major implications for workers in other fields.

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