Unions, rights groups praise "no-match" ruling

Federal District Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled on a challenge to the Bush administration’s proposal to send no-match letters containing a new rule on firing such workers. He said the plan “will, under the mandated time line, result in the termination of employment to lawfully employed workers” and would bring “irreparable harm to innocent workers and employers.”

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, in a statement, called the decision “a significant step towards overturning this unlawful rule, which would give employers an even stronger way to keep workers from freely forming unions.”

The executive vice president of the Service Employees union, Eliseo Medina, said the federal court has seen the no-match regulations “for what they are — an illegal, ill-conceived measure that would threaten thousands of innocent workers and lead to discrimination and massive workforce disruptions.”

“It’s time to stop the indiscriminate roundups and get back to finding solutions that strengthen — rather than divide — our nation,” Medina added.

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