The ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pension Committee, democratic Senator Patty Murray reaffirmed this week that she will continue to block Republican labor nominees unless/until the Republican majority approves democrat nominees. In light of the ongoing standoff, which has blocked hundreds of federal appointments over the past few years, former NLRB…
Read More »As we’ve reported before, the extended public comment period relating proposed changes to the definition of joint employer ends next Thursday, December 13. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register in September and was extended an additional 30 days to allow for additional comments. If any of our readers have yet to comment…
Read More »And the third leg of this week’s NLRB stool shows the business community continuing its strong opposition to the re-nomination of democrat and former Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce to another five year term on the National Labor Relations Board. Business groups are lobbying Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) hard in opposition to Pearce with…
Read More »As we’ve advised you over the past few weeks, the broader business community was pushing hard for President Trump to replace National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Mark Gaston Pearce when his term expired on Monday of this week. Unfortunately, the President rejected that recommendation and re-appointed Pearce on Tuesday, just one day after his…
Read More »The Trump administration has been informed by the broader business community that it does not want to see NLRB Director Mark Gaston Pearce reappointed to the post when his term expires next month. Gaston Pearce, who served as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board for 6 years under President Obama from 2011 – 2017,…
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