Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 168/Tuesday, August 30, 2011/Rules and Regulations 54015 NLRA,; the high percentage of —Membership is down because so many of _its public information efforts.5° One immigrants in the labor force, who are the good things unions fought for a long comment urges the Board to conduct a likely to be unfamiliar with workplace time ago have been legislated, at either the study to ascertain current employees’ . . : Federal or State level, and so the need for rights in the United States; studies unions has declined 1 level of NLRA knowledge before indicating that employees and high —IMlost exployeeauare-very awareoftheir imposing a notice posting requirement. school students about to enter the work rights to unionize and many employees In contrast, as discussed in more force are generally uninformed about choose not to do so because of the rights detail below, numerous comments from labor law; and the absence ofa they already have under our federal and individuals, union organizers, attorneys requirement that, except in very limited state laws. representing unions, and worker circumstances, employers or anyone —In fact, one could say that the NLRA and assistance organizations agree with the else inform employees about their fhe deena wales are ll aesessery: Board that most employees are NLRA rights. 75 FR 80411. in today’s work environment.®2 unfamiliar with their ae rights. A large number of comments contend Af , tion the Board’ Immigrant rights organizations state that that the Board failed to demonstrate the beli fth oLSmniien S tat be, © poare’s immigrant workers largely do not know necessity of the notice posting rule. © ~ fds with thei: wadienia are about their rights. _ They challenge each of the premises veltia re Wi il cir nent piace that After careful consideration of the (except the last) underlying the Board’s 5 TERA beck aa hen . comments on both sides of this issue, belief that employees are generally e oars which is sufficient