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National Right to Work Foundation requests investigation of NLRB action

By Sean Higgins
Published January 29, 2014 5:00am ET
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National Right to Work Foundation requests investigation of NLRB action
Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick) | Jon Elswick

Attorneys for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation have requested that the National Labor Relations Board’s inspector general probe the board’s recent decision to publicly release internal legal advice memos involving the foundation’s cases.

NRTW has been representing employees of a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., in complaints against both the car manufacturer and the United Auto Workers. In memos written Jan. 17 and made public Jan. 23, NLRB lawyers called for the board to dismiss the complaints.

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