Trapped in a union: Trump administration works to change the rules for rail and airline workers

Published March 7, 2019 5:00am ET



President Trump’s appointed National Mediation Board is taking aim at practices that have until now been permitted under the Railway Labor Act.

The NMB has proposed a welcome rule change to the process that railroad and airline employees must go through should the employees want to decertify their Labor Union. The proposed rule change show’s that the Trump Administration is committed to bringing “Freedom of Association” to the American worker.

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