The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has sued the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to stop a new regulation by the board that would require employers to post notices informing their workers of their right to organize a union.

Filed Thursday in in the U.S. District Court in Washington, NAM’s lawsuit says the labor board is acting out of its jurisdiction and should suspend the rule. The legal action comes as the NLRB increasingly comes under more scrutiny from Republican lawmakers, who have been angered by several of the board’s decisions this year.

In a statement, Jay Timmons, NAM’s president and CEO, said the rule is “just another example of the board’s aggressive overreach to insert itself into the day-to-day decisions of businesses — exerting powers it doesn’t have.”…

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