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The plan would also provide greater certainty about compensation for VoIP calls that either begin or end on the public switched telephone network, ensuring symmetry in the treatment of such traffic.

2. Phase down ICC charges over a

measured but certain multi-year transition path, starting by bringing intrastate access rates to parity with interstate rates.

3. Help companies transition by em-ploying a tightly controlled recovery mechanism. The plan would permit

some companies to receive tran-sitional support from the Connect America Fund, but that support would be accompanied by obliga-tions to serve the public as well as strong oversight and accountability.

Employer Coalition Takes Legal Action to Block “Unfair, Illegal” NLRB Posters O

n September 26, the Coalition for a Demo-cratic Workplace joined a lawsuit recently filed by the National Association of Manu-facturers to block an ill-advised rule by the National Labor Relations Board.

The suit involves the NLRB’s recently published rule that would force employers in approximately 6 million work-places to post “notices” that are little more than government-mandated advertisements for unions. The suit asserts that the board does not have authority under the National Labor Relations Act to promulgate such a rule.

“Job creators from across America have recognized the

importance of this issue and are taking action,” CDW chair-man Geoffrey Burr said. “The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace represents every industry in every congressional district, and joining this important lawsuit should signal the common concern that this will only distract job creators from their efforts to get our economy moving again.” “This lawsuit is an important tool toward ensuring em-ployees receive relevant information from both employers and paid union organizers, despite an apparently coordinated campaign by the NLRB and Department of Labor to create a one-sided system in which employees will only hear from big labor,” Burr said.

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