Senate Confirms New Five-Member NLRB: What Just Happened and What’s Next?
On the evening of July 30, the U.S. Senate confirmed all five pending nominations to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), giving the agency a fully operational complement of Board members for the...
View ArticleWhat Has the “Nuclear Option” Wrought?
With the Obama administration unable to get labor and employment law changes through a gridlocked Congress, one of its significant accomplishments and lasting legacies may be its remarkable record of...
View ArticleThe 2014 Mid-Term Election Results and What They Mean for Labor and...
In yesterday’s mid-term elections Republicans gained a substantial majority in the U.S. Senate (52-45) with three states undecided: (1) one “toss-up” state—Louisiana, which is still undecided and in...
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