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Monday and Tuesday will see historic hearings at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on a proposed new rule for union certification elections. But the past few months has been a historic period for the NLRB for entirely different reasons â€" an extraordinary effort by the GOP leadership to “rule by intimidation” on labor policy.

First, Republicans threatened to defund the NLRB for daring to issue a complaint against Boeing in response to the alleged illegal transfer of jobs from Washington to South Carolina. They have also demanded access to confidential internal documents and threatened to subpoena board members.

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