Wholesale or Retail?
Monday, April 5th, 2010 by AdminPointOfLaw asks whether the president’s recent moves on the National Labor Relations Board will lead to “wholesale reversals” of important cases.
They grab a quote from a management attorney, who says:
There will be no imperative for the President to fill the other two vacancies, which will mean there will be no institutional balance in the Board’s decisions. Consequently, labor law reform will be accomplished through the reversal of numerous decisions, changes in election procedures, as well as aggressive rulemaking to enhance union chances for election success, and punitive new remedies for unfair labor practices designed to diminish management’s lawful exercise of its statutory rights.
Our point is: whether it’s wholesale changes or just retail changes to critical cases, what’s the real difference? Things are looking shaky for employees and employers before a heavily lopsided Board.
