Hot Topics Eye on the NLRB Stephen Colbert Satirizes Anti-Union Assault | Stephen Colbert Satirizes Anti-Union Assault |
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| July 17, 2006 | |
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The Bush-appointed National Labor Relations Board issued decisions in October that could strip millions of workers of their right to have a union at work—all without holding public hearings. On July 18, 2006, Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"—a show satirizing Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"—host Stephen Colbert took on the National Labor Relations Board and the potentially disastrous impact its rulings could have on workers. Watch the video below:
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Erin Johansson writes our Eye on the NLRB blog. Erin has worked as a Senior Research Associate at American Rights at Work since 2004 and is the author of some of our reports.
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