House Republicans
leaders this week urged
President Obama to work with the U.S. Senate to confirm four qualified
individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The letter is in
response to a unanimous decision by a federal appeals court that ruled President
Obama’s controversial recess appointments to the board unconstitutional. The
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held
a hearing Wednesday on the NLRB appointments, during which witnesses
described how the president’s action has tainted the board’s work. Read
More.
The Republican leaders also sent a letter to NLRB Chairman Mark
Pearce, insisting the board cease all activity until members sufficient to meet
a quorum are confirmed by the U.S. Senate or the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the
constitutionality of the appointments. The letters from Republican leaders are
part of a broad effort to mend a dysfunctional federal labor board. To read the
full letters, click here
and here.
Kline: Unconstitutional NLRB Appointment
Scheme
Creates Uncertainty for All Americans
BACKGROUND: In January 2012,
President Obama installed three recess appointments to the board while Congress
was regularly meeting in pro forma session. The president’s appointments were
unprecedented and legal challenges were filed in federal court questioning
whether they were constitutionally valid. In January, the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia determined that intrasession recess appointments –
including the president’s NLRB appointments – are unconstitutional. Actions by
the board are now under a cloud of legal uncertainty that will negatively affect
America’s workers and job creators.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
House GOP Leaders Urge President to Fix Broken NLRB
Monday, February 18, 2013
IEC Presence on DOL’s Advisory on Apprenticeship Sways PLA Discussion
During a recent Working Group conference call with the
Department of Labor’s (DOL) Advisory on Apprenticeship, a discussion emerged on
the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) and Community Labor Agreements
(CLA).
The proposal was issued during the call, stating that language
should be included in communications between the DOL and Housing and Urban
Development that would favorably mention the use of PLAs and CLAs as the best
way to promote job growth in Job Corps related programs and their ties with
apprenticeship programs.
IEC’s Vice President of Training & Education
Bob Baird was on the call and was able to voice his concerns on this proposal,
stating that the biased perspective would not benefit apprentices of merit shop
contractors, thus hurting job growth. After this discussion, it was agreed upon
to consider incorporating more balanced language to benefit both union and
non-union apprenticeship programs and their support for pre-apprenticeship
programs such as Job Corps.
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