(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - President Joe Biden has vetoed a Congressional Review Act measure that sought to overturn the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Rule preventing corporations from hiding behind a sub-contractor or staffing agency when Workers want to collectively bargain.

The NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule expands bargaining obligations and liability for labor violations for employers that have power over working conditions, even if Workers are hired through a third party or by franchisees of a larger franchise.

This regulation ensures Union Members can bargain with each company that has the power to make changes in the workplace.

A two-thirds majority in the House and Senate would be required to overturn the veto, an unlikely scenario as an overwhelming majority of Congressional Democrats endorse the Rule.

“Without the NLRB’s Rule, companies could more easily avoid liability simply by manipulating their corporate structure, like hiding behind sub-contractors or staffing agencies.  By hampering the NLRB’s efforts to promote the practice and procedure of collective bargaining, Republicans are siding with Union Busting corporations over the needs of Workers and their Unions,” President Biden said.

For More On This Labor News Story, Go To: Biden Vetoes Resolution to Block Labor Board Joint Employer Rule (bloomberglaw.com) And Message to the House of Representatives -- President's Veto of H.J.Res. 98 | The White House