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Republicans relaunch effort to beat back pro-union laws

By Sean Higgins
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Republicans relaunch effort to beat back pro-union laws

Congressional Republicans on Thursday restarted their effort to make the most expansive reforms to federal labor law since the the 1940s.

Dubbed the Employee Rights Act, the legislation would eliminate many rules that benefit union-organizing efforts. Republicans argue the current law is tilted in favor of unions and denies rights to dissenting workers.

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