November Election Will Determine the Fate of the NLRB http://www.laborresearch.org/story2.php/364
LRA Online for October 1, 2004
The outcome of the 2004 presidential election will determine the viability and the direction of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency charged with protecting workers’ rights and conducting elections for union representation.
The five-member NLRB is now controlled by Bush appointees. The winner of the November election will control new appointments for all five seats plus the crucial general counsel position. One NLRB member s term expires in December of this year; two expire in 2005, one in 2006, and one in 2007. The general counsel’s term expires in June 2005.
The composition of the NLRB members over the next presidential term will set the direction for the board at a crucial juncture in its history. Within the next four years, 33 percent of the entire NLRB staff will be eligible for retirement, and one third of those are supervisors. Hiring and training replacements for this large group of NLRB staffers will heavily influence the fairness and quality of the agency's work for decades to come.
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