UPDATED: Senate Republicans Cave: Filibuster ‘Compromise’ Keeps NLRB Firmly Under Union Control

Union bosses to pick[ed] Obama's labor board replacements

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary) | July 16th, 2013

Well, the fix is in–and, frankly, it looks as though Senate Republicans have caved in on everything–and have little to show for it.

In their effort to “save” the filibuster, according to Politico, Senators John McCain (RINO-AZ) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) brokered a deal that gives Democrats nearly everything* they wanted.

In sum, here’s how it shakes out: Harry Reid gets to keep the threat of using the nuclear option at some later point. In exchange, the GOP gets to keep the pretense of having the ability to filibuster in return for caving in on five out of seven of Obama’s controversial appointments:

·         Richard Cordray gets to head the Consumer Financial Protection Board–that’s a done deal as of this morning

·         Thomas Perez will become Secretary of Labor

·         Gina McCarthy will head the EPA

·         Union attorney and current NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce gets to keep his job

·         Obama’s constitutionally-challenged NLRB members, Operating Engineers union attorney Richard Griffin and ex-Kennedy lawyer Sharon Block will get dumped but…

…Here’s the kicker, according to the New York Times:....To Read More....