Federal Appellate Court Voids NLRB's 2008 Rulings Due to Bush Administration's Incompetence

http://www.nrtw.org/en/blog/labor-board-rulings-jeopardy-due-bush-incompe05012009

Fri, 05/01/2009 - 14:04 — Nick Cote

As we noted earlier this week, President Barack Obama nominated two hard-line union militants to the National Labor Relations Board. Now, President Bush's inability to properly staff the five-member Board during his eight years in the Oval Office has come home to roost.

According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C. Circuit invalidated 300 cases decided by the NLRB last year because only two of the five seats were filled. In other words, there was no valid quorum, even if the two members agreed how to rule. (A less influential federal circuit court ruled two member board decision are valid, so the circuit court split may lead to U.S. Supreme Court review)

Either way, the fact that the Board was comprised of a mere two members for such a long time is a testimony to the total incompetence of the Bush Administration in dealing with the agency.

Bill Clinton's NLRB overturned 1200 years of precedent in an effort to make it easier for union officials to coerce workers into union ranks and misuse their forced dues on political activism.

At first, the Bush administration simply kept intact a Clinton majority on the Board for a full year after taking office. Then the Bushies kept hardened union activists like Clinton holdover Wilma Liebman (who Obama has since named Board chairman) on the Board, while nominating soft and inexperienced Republican appointees.

FULL story at link.

Now THATs a trick!!!!