Tag: National Labor Relations Board

In an email to coalition members Wednesday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called President Obama's success in moving pro-union nominees through the Senate a âhuge win for workersâ rights.â (AP File)

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AFl-CIO’s Trumka celebrates Big Labor wins on Labor Department, NLRB nominations

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

If all five nominees are approved by the Senate, the National Labor Relations Board will have a 3-2 Democratic majority, ending months of inaction caused by the boardâs lack of a valid quorum.

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Senate approves Kent Hirozawa to join NLRB

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

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Senate approves National Labor Relations Board nominees

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

The sign for the National Labor Relations Board is seen on the building that houses their headquarters in downtown Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. For such a tiny government agency, the NLRB has played an outsize role in the heated Senate filibuster fight over Obama administration nominations. But the board has long been at the center of a decades-long clash between labor unions looking to organize new members and business groups seeking to limit the role of unions in the workplace. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Senate approves Obama’s picks to labor board

Sean Lengell · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Richard Griffin may go from being a National Labor Relations Board member to being its general counsel.

Senate GOP got taken to cleaners on NLRB deal

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, questioned National Labor Relations Board nominee Nancy Jean Schiffer about card check during her hearing. (AP File)

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NLRB nominee Schiffer was card check advocate for AFL-CIO

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, bristled at the notion that NLRB nominees should have to affirm they would be neutral arbiters of the law. (AP/Susan Walsh)

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Senate panel approves replacement NLRB nominees

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

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NLRB nominee: Agency could not enact card check on its own

Sean Higgins · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

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NLRB nominees breeze through Senate hearing

Sean Higgins · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

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Senate Democrats race to install new NLRB picks

Sean Higgins · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

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NLRB nominee’s union gave nearly $1 million to lawmakers in June

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., delivers remarks on gridlock in the Senate on Monday, July 15th. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Harry Reid threat to nuke filibusters prompted by Big Labor

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2013 4:00 am