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Are Craig Becker's NLRB Chances Over?
Monday, 22 February 2010 13:38
On Monday, February 15, 2010, Craig Becker's fate as a potential member of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") may have been sealed. It was speculated that Obama would seat Becker by means of a recess appointment while the Senate was adjourned for the President's Day weekend. However, the President took no action.
Labor Appointments Update
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 08:26
National Front: National Labor Relations Board
Yesterday, February 2, 2010, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on the re-nomination of Craig Becker to become a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). As we previously informed you, Becker was nominated once by President Obama, but that nomination was squashed when Senator John McCain put a hold on it and the Senate returned the nomination to the White House for reconsideration. Since then, President Obama decided to re-nominate Becker.
It Takes Two? Supreme Court to Decide on Two-Member NLRB Decisions
Tuesday, 03 November 2009 09:12
On Monday, November 2, 2009, The United States Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) can decide cases with only two sitting members. Federal Appellate Courts are split on the issue.
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McCain puts the Freeze on NLRB Nominee Becker
Monday, 26 October 2009 14:50
On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Senator John McCain, R-Ariz, decided to block Senate consideration of the nomination of Craig Becker to join the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB"), the five member independent government agency that supervises union organizing campaigns and investigates and remedies unfair labor practices.
Unions Push For Public Plan
Thursday, 15 October 2009 09:19
If you read the Washington Post or Capitol Hill newspaper on October 14, 2009, you probably came across an ad which said, "Unless the bill that goes to the floor of the U.S. Senate makes substantial progress to address the concerns of working men and women, we will oppose it."
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