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Think you have union rights? What Happens if there’s no NLRB?
http://nhlabornews.com/2013/01/think-you-have-union-rights/
By Liz Iacobucci | January 25, 2013 | Labor, Union
Earlier today, a federal appeals court ruled that President Obama improperly appointed three members of the National Labor Relations Board in January 2012. The Court ruled that the Senate was in session rather than in recess when President Obama made the appointments, because the Senate held pro forma sessions some lasting less than a minute during their 20-day holiday break.
The Justice Department had reviewed the issue a year ago and determined that the recess appointments were constitutional. Similar cases are pending elsewhere in the country and other appeals courts could rule differently.
NLRB Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce announced today that the Board will continue to perform our statutory duties and issue decisions until the question is finally resolved, most likely by the Supreme Court.
Thats probably not the short-term outcome expected by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the 41 other GOP Senators who were part of todays lawsuit.
FULL story at link.
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Think you have union rights? What Happens if there’s no NLRB? (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jan 2013
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patrice
(47,992 posts)1. K&R
NHLabor
(70 posts)2. K and R !
Teamster Jeff
(1,598 posts)3. Nobody had a problem with Shrubs 7 recess appointments to the NLRB
Peter J. Hurtgen (R) served under recess appointment by President Bush from 8/31/01 - 8/1/02.
Michael J. Bartlett (R) served entire term under recess appointment by President Bush. 01/22/02 - 11/22/02
William B. Cowen (R) served entire term under recess appointment by President Bush. 01/22/02 - 11/22/02
Peter C. Schaumber (R) served under recess appointment by President Bush from 9/1/05 - 8/3/06
Ronald E. Meisburg (R) served under recess appointment by President Bush from 01/12/04 - 12/08/04.
Peter N. Kirsanow (R) served under recess appointment by President Bush from 01/04/06 - 12/31/07
Dennis P. Walsh (D) serving under recess appointment by President Bush from 01/17/06 - present.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)4. Union rights with no unions... something seems off here
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)5. Assholes. Just read about this.
http://peoplesworld.org/court-nullifies-obama-appointments-to-labor-board/
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The labor movement reacted quickly to the ruling with outright condemnation.
"Today's decision by a panel of Republican judges on the DC Circuit is nothing less than shocking," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a statement, adding that he fully expects "this radical decision to be reversed, and that other courts addressing thjs issue will uphold the President's appointment authority."
The labor movement is concerned about GOP attempts to cripple the NLRB because the board has traditionally been an important avenue used by workers in response to corporate attacks on their right to organize, among other rights at the workplace. The board came into existence in the 1930's as part of the Wagner Act and was charged by Congress at that time with guaranteeing that companies adhered to labor law. The Wagner Act under which the NLRB was created spelled out specifically that it is the policy of the United States Government to encourage collective bargaining.
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The labor movement reacted quickly to the ruling with outright condemnation.
"Today's decision by a panel of Republican judges on the DC Circuit is nothing less than shocking," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a statement, adding that he fully expects "this radical decision to be reversed, and that other courts addressing thjs issue will uphold the President's appointment authority."
The labor movement is concerned about GOP attempts to cripple the NLRB because the board has traditionally been an important avenue used by workers in response to corporate attacks on their right to organize, among other rights at the workplace. The board came into existence in the 1930's as part of the Wagner Act and was charged by Congress at that time with guaranteeing that companies adhered to labor law. The Wagner Act under which the NLRB was created spelled out specifically that it is the policy of the United States Government to encourage collective bargaining.
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Earth Bound Misfit
(3,554 posts)6. K n R n/t