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Republican Lawmakers Seek Delay in New Union Reporting Rules AFL-CIO
Twenty-two Republican U.S. House of Representatives members have asked the Bush administration to delay implementing new union reporting rules that could cost local and national unions as much as $1 billion a year. The new rules were announced Oct. 3, less than 24 hours after the U.S. House of Representatives, spurred by union member lobbying, voted to block the Bush administration attack on overtime pay protections.
 
The Bush action is “payback for workers’ overtime win” and “yet more evidence of the administration’s blind determination to weaken workers’ organizations,” says AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.

Labor Department Finalizes Burdensome New Union Reporting Rules By Cynthia Green LRA
--Bowing to Pressure, DoL Eases a Few Proposed Requirements

Chao has said the objectives of revising the reporting rules are two-fold: to make unions’ finances and operations more transparent to their members, and to deter against "financial misconduct" by union officials.

But labor leaders have said the punitive new rules will tie up unions in mountains of red tape, without necessarily providing any more meaningful financial information to the rank and file. Further, locals already adhere to standard accounting practices in tracking finances, which include reporting budgets, salaries, loans and expenses.

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