“National Labor Relations Board” on The Daily Caller

January 13th, 2012

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)

January 12th, 2012

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)

January 6th, 2012

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)

January 6th, 2012

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)

January 6th, 2012

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)

January 5th, 2012

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)

December 15th, 2011

On Thursday President Barack Obama officially rescinded former Service Employees International Union and AFL-CIO attorney Craig Becker’s nomination to serve on the National Labor Relations Board.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)

December 9th, 2011

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)

December 9th, 2011

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)

November 30th, 2011

One way or the other, Wednesday will be a big day for organized labor in the United States. (more)

November 12th, 2011

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)

November 10th, 2011

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)

October 26th, 2011

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)

October 18th, 2011

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa snapped at National Labor Relations Board general counsel Lafe Solomon for openly defying his congressional subpoena. (more)

October 11th, 2011

Freshman Republican Rep. Austin Scott has introduced a bill he says would “politically neutralize” the National Labor Relations Board. (more)

September 21st, 2011

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)

September 20th, 2011

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)

September 15th, 2011

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)

September 14th, 2011

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)

September 14th, 2011

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)

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