One day
after the constitutionally-challenged NLRB member Richard Griffin was
supposedly ousted as part of Senate Republicans’ giving in to Harry Reid’s threat to use
the “nuclear option,” Griffin was nominated to become the NLRB’s general counsel. One
might wonder, how many were in on the deal before it was made and at what
price?
The surprise
announcement of Griffin’s new nomination was made on the heels of Barack Obama
having nominated, based on the advice of AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka, two new members to
the NLRB–one of whom is a recently retired associate general counsel for the AFL-CIO.
As the former
general counsel of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Richard
Griffin’s union has close ties with NLRB chairman Mark Pearce, whose former
Buffalo, NY law firm once had the IOUE as a client.
However, what is
more curious is the abnormally high amount of political expenditures the IUOE’s
political action committee spent on lawmakers in the month of June.....To ReadMore....
My Take - I think this is a good time to consider getting rid of the NLRB.
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