Lachlan Markay has the story: A recent lawsuit filed in a federal court in California alleges that National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Richard Griffin was complicit in a scheme to cover up embezzlement at a major labor union by terminating employees who attempted to expose the effort. The allegations appear in a lengthy complaint filed against the International Union of [...]
Guest post from UFCWMonitor.com For months, the UFCW and their subsidiary group, OUR Walmart, have been making noises that they’ll be striking at Walmarts across the country during arguably the biggest retail day of the whole year- Black Friday. Now Walmart is finally fighting fire with fire, and taking legal action against the UFCW: Wal-Mart filed an unfair labor practice [...]
AMEN! From the Labor Relations Institute: The United States District Court for the District of Columbia just ruled that the NLRB lacked a valid 3-member quorum to adopt its “ambush election” rulemaking in December 2011. You can read the decision here. Since Member Brian Hayes refused to participate in the actual vote on the rule, the Court ruled that this prevented [...]
By Rick Manning — The U.S. House of Representatives took aim at the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) this past week by voting to prohibit the Obama-run labor board from using any funds to sue any state on the question of secret ballot elections. The House action was led by Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) in response to the NLRB’s litigation [...]
Americans for Limited Government (ALG) has submitted a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking it to investigate the attorneys who provided the legal justification for Barack Obama’s unconstitutional recess appointments. The complaint – submitted to the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) – requests that Assistant Attorney General Virginia A. Seitz and other attorneys at the [...]
By Rick Manning — Who knew that the National Labor Relations Board was so important? After a year and a half of battles over whether Boeing can build a plant in a state other than Washington, and forcing the National Right to Work organization to put employee unionization posters in their break room one would think that the NLRB could [...]
By Adam Bitely — Records have gone missing at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). A recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request sent to the NLRB by Americans for Limited Government (ALG) sought to obtain all federal records regarding a petition by various unions for the NLRB to issue rulemaking on the issue of members-only minority-union collective bargaining. ALG [...]
By Bill Wilson — In 2010, Republicans swept into the majority of the House of Representatives on a bold platform that included repealing the unpopular Obamacare legislation, cutting $100 billion from the budget in the first year in power, rolling back the Dodd-Frank financial takeover, and reining in regulatory excesses at agencies like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Their [...]
NRD Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared at The Hill. By Rick Manning — Washington, D.C., political insiders, wonks and talk radio are all atwitter about the decision by President Obama to blow up the Senate advise-and-consent process by making appointments of three individuals to the National Labor Relations Board and one to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The [...]
Obama violated the Constitutional provisions requiring that the Senate confirm nominees so these two can be on the National Labor Relations Board. Americans for Limited Government has issued this report so you know who the people are, who Obama broke the Constitution to appoint. Sharon Block Richard Griffin Nominee Alert HighRes 12.30
