God Bless the AFL-CIO

Go team, go! The following is from yahoo news, full story here.

AFL-CIO files complaint on supervisors
By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer Sun Oct 22, 8:50 AM ET

WASHINGTON - 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 theUnited 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.

"This will demonstrate how far outside the mainstream of accepted international law the U.S. is moving," said Craig Becker, a legal counsel to the AFL-CIO.

I hope this works. I would hate to see a curriculum coordinator "defined" out of the union.

For more background, read my post about this here.