; (B) the size and type of the employer’s operations and business; (C) the employees’ cost of living; (D) the employees’ ability to sustain themselves, their families, and their dependents on the wages and benefits they earn from the employer; and (E) the wages and benefits other employers in the same business provide their employees. . (d) Representatives and elections Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 159 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking as may be and all that follows through by an employee and inserting as may be prescribed by the Board, by an employee ; (ii) by striking ; or and all that follows through the Board shall investigate and inserting , the Board shall investigate ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: No employer shall have standing as a party, or to intervene, in any representation proceeding under this section. ; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking an economic strike who are not entitled to reinstatement and inserting a strike ; (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively