A right-to-work organization is taking the White House to court over the president’s controversial decision to install three new members on the National Labor Relations Board without Senate approval. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is publicly rebutting Republican criticism of the legality of President Barack Obama’s recent recess appointments of a national consumer watchdog and other officials. (more)
The two Democrats that President Barack Obama appointed to the National Labor Relations Board during what he considered a congressional “recess” are not on the White House’s official list of Obama’s appointments and nominations for various positions. (more)
Obama’s tightly choreographed media blitz around the historic non-recess appointment of Richard Cordray was designed to disguise a reckless, lawless and unconstitutional action — a purported “recess appointment” while the Senate is clearly still in session — into a virtuous, bold move. And to the president’s far-left supporters, surely it will be seen as just that. (more)
White House spokesman Jay Carney refused Thursday to explain the administration’s legal justification for President Barack Obama’s attempted recess appointment on Wednesday of three Democratic allies to government positions, but instead dared Republicans — including former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — to campaign against the president’s decision. (more)
1.) Goodbye Constitution, hello Obamastitution — “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” (more)
On Thursday President Barack Obama officially rescinded former Service Employees International Union and AFL-CIO attorney Craig Becker’s nomination to serve on the National Labor Relations Board. The move shapes up as the latest in a growing line of Republican victories surrounding the board. (more)
President Obama offered a positive, if muted, statement about the National Labor Relations Board’s decision to drop its complaint against aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Friday. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board dropped its high-profile lawsuit against Boeing on Friday, but the political fallout continued as Republicans said the case was a mistake to begin with and a top agency official defended his conduct. (more)
One way or the other, Wednesday will be a big day for organized labor in the United States. (more)
President Barack Obama’s campaign heads to the Pacific and Asian corners of the world this week where his public relations crew will produce a symphony of visuals for American voters. The nine day trip will include visits to San Diego, Hawaii, Australia, Bali and Indonesia. (more)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling for the firing of the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board after emails show him joking to colleagues about how they “screwed up” the U.S. economy. (more)
In the wake of a Senate failure for the president’s jobs bill, Republicans are advancing their own plans in the House of Representatives. (more)
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa snapped at National Labor Relations Board general counsel Lafe Solomon for openly defying his congressional subpoena. (more)
Freshman Republican Rep. Austin Scott has introduced a bill he says would “politically neutralize” the National Labor Relations Board. (more)
The Labor Department is expected to soon finalize new “persuader regulations” that would force labor lawyers, consultants and specialty firms to publicly disclose all of their financial and personal information. (more)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the National Labor Relations Board — an independent government agency tasked with conducting union elections and monitoring labor practices — to block a new rule requiring employers to post notices explaining employees’ rights to unionize. (more)
In response to a series of controversial decisions by the National Labor Relations Board, the House of Representatives passed a bill curtailing the power of the NLRB Thursday afternoon. (more)
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is “mad as hell” over the National Labor Relations Board’s complaint against The Boeing Company and has rallied a group of GOP senators to demand that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama support legislation that would prevent a similar situation from occurring in the future. (more)
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue won’t answer whether she supports the National Labor Relations Board or The Boeing Company in the ongoing labor battle in neighboring South Carolina. (more)

























