A proposed federal rule to speed union elections, a step opposed by business groups, may be adopted before the end of the year, a Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board said on Friday.
It also claims that, even without card check, the NLRB could achieve many of its aims, such as speeding up elections.
Mr. Hayes said as a result of speeding up elections, "many employers and employees will be deprived of meaningful opportunity to express lawful views about the merits of collective bargaining representation".
Mr. Bush seized on the deaths of what he termed "two of the regime's chief henchmen" as evidence that despite continuing American casualties, Iraq would soon be speeding toward elections, a new constitution and a new currency.
This week's developments have exacerbated an already politically chaotic period for Guatemala as it speeds toward elections for the presidency and lower offices that have long been scheduled for this Sunday.
To the disappointment of groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the labor board has also issued new rules that will speed up union election procedures -- leading to what some conservatives denounce as "quickie elections" -- and also make it easier for workers to determine their own collective-bargaining groups.
"I'm not saying automation is a panacea, but at least it could speed up the election process and minimize human intervention".
The surge of revolutionary humor was already beginning to slow, many people said, when Egyptians voted on a referendum to the Constitution that would speed up the election of a parliament and president.
When even this failed to produce a result, the townspeople removed the roof of the Palazzo dei Papi in their attempt to speed up the election.
In a move that pleased labor unions, the National Labor Relations Board proposed new rules on Tuesday to speed up unionization elections.
