Associations Urge Senators Harkin and Enzi to Hold Hearing on Craig Becker

Friday, October 16th, 2009 by Admin

As we mentioned recently, the fight over who sits on the National Labor Relations Board is an issue of enormous importance. So as voices as large as the Wall Street Journal have signaled warnings over NLRB nominee Craig Becker, leading trade associations have BeckerLetter to Senators Tom Harkin and Mike Enzi to hold a hearing on his nomination.

The letter, signed by Associated Builders and Contractors, reads in part:

Mr. Becker has written prolifically about the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the law he would be charged with interpreting and enforcing should he be confirmed. Many of the positions taken in his writings are well outside the mainstream and would disrupt years of established precedent and the delicate balance in current labor law. These positions have raised significant concern in the employer community, for example, the extent to which he would restrictively interpret employers

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