Labor Department’s Persuader Rule Dealt Deathblow

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Free Beacon:

A Texas judge permanently blocked one of the Obama administration’s most controversial labor policies, which critics say would have hampered the First Amendment rights of employers.

 

Senior U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Cummings placed a temporary injunction against the Department of Labor from enforcing its new Persuader Rule in July after several companies and trade groups filed suit against the department. The new rule would have forced employers to disclose any legal advice they receive regarding unionization campaigns, even if those lawyers and consultants did not interact with workers or publicly advocate in the workplace—the previous disclosure standard.

 

Cummings made the injunction permanent on Wednesday, citing his belief that it is “unlawful.”

 

“The Court is of the opinion that the Department of Labor’s [rule] … should be held unlawful and set aside,” Cummings said. “The Court’s preliminary injunction preventing the implementation of that Rule should be converted into a permanent injunction with nationwide effect.”

 

The Department of Labor declined to comment on the ruling.