House Committee Appeals to President for Swift Action on NLRB Appointments

Employment Law

The House Education and the Workforce Committee has sent a letter to President Trump urging swift action on NLRB nominations, noting "timely appointments to fill the two NLRB vacancies can return the Board to a more balanced approach."  The letter further recognizes the Board's biased rulings in recent years, saying "it has sought to dismantle the longstanding rights of workers and employers in order to advance the interests of union leaders."   According to a Littler report published last December, the Obama Administration's NLRB "upended 4,559 total years of established law" through 91 cases and the adoption of "comprehensive new election rules."  The study goes on to note, "A high percentage of the precedents the Obama Board overturned were more than ten years old and had been previously adopted by Board members of both political parties."  Undoing this will require a more balanced NLRB sooner rather than later.  House Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) cosigned the letter.