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Are Obama's NLRB Appointments Constitutional?
Republican objections to President Obama's temporary appointments last week to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) haven't been unexpected. The board, by custom, must consist of three members of...
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Court Hears Challenge to Obama NLRB Recess Appointments
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), normally with five members, now has three. And not long from now, it may have just one. President Obama's apparent desire to circumvent Senate intent is part...
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Appeals Court Strikes Down Obama NLRB Recess Appointments
When is a presidential recess appointment less than an appointment? It would seem when Congress isn't in recess. This Friday morning, January 25, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of...
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NLRB Mandates Dues Check-Offs Even After Union Contract Expires
The National Labor Relations Board may be inoperative at present. Yet one of its rulings last month, unless undone, will curtail a longstanding right of employers and individual workers. On December...
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Senate Labor Committee Approves Five NLRB Nominees; Old Issues Remain
The National Labor Relations Board, strictly speaking, should have shut down nearly five months ago. But it has kept on going anyway. And even if President Obama's slate of five nominees takes office,...
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Senate Approves Five Obama NLRB Nominees; Creates 3-2 Pro-Union Majority
The National Labor Relations Board now will have something it hasn't had in a decade: five full-term members. Just one hour ago, the full Senate approved all five nominees to the board following a deal...
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