from In These Times:
GOP Continues to Interfere With National Labor Relations BoardFriday
May 20, 2011
11:11 am
By Mike Elk
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Republicans in Congress continue to search for ways to interfere with the quasi-judicial National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency which mediates labor disputes and enforces labor law.
As Slate Reporter Dave Weigel, who has covered the conservative movement extensively, wrote this week, “It's true that Republicans want to stave off the (remote) possibility that right-to-work states are forced to unionize by court cases. Their visionaries, though, think they've gotten momentum from the defeat of EFCA and the victory in Wisconsin, and see a day when they can repeal part of the Wagner Act or at least defund the National Labor Relations Board.”
House Education and Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) continues to request internal documents, notes and communications on a pending case being decided by judges at the NLRB. Since the NLRB has judges and issues binding rules, this is akin to members of Congress asking Supreme Court jusitces for their internal documents while they hear a case. On two separate occasions in March, Chairman Kline requested documents related to a case against the Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Then, on May 11, Kline wrote once again to NLRB Chairwoman Wilma Liebman. The NLRB has refused to hand over the documents. .........(more)
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