Obama appointees giving Big Labor big headaches

While President Obama and Big Labor are generally very close, the chief executive can be quite dismissive of them at times too. The latest example is a pair of administration appointments that have some union leaders steaming.

In an article Friday, Salon.com noted that one of the first judicial appointments the White House pushed through after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., acted to restrict use of the filibuster was D.C. Circuit Court nominee Patricia Ann Millett. In private practice, Millett had advised Starbucks in its efforts to prevent unionization of the company.