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.

Senator McCain's actions to prevent Becker from becoming a member of the NLRB came after Becker was already individually submitted to the HELP committee and approved by a 15-8 vote.  It is believed that Democrats will want to submit Becker to the Senate for a full vote as a package along with the two other Board nominees, Mark Pearce and Brian Hayes, so that the individual scrutiny placed on him will be diminished.  There are currently only two members on the NLRB, Peter C. Schaumber and Wilma B. Liebman.  Schaumber was originally appointed to the Board by President George W. Bush and Liebman was originally appointed by President Bill Clinton and reappointed twice by President Bush.

State Of California Front: Agricultural Labor Relations Board