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Republicans put union-busting lawyer in charge of enforcing labor law
November 10, 2017As a young federal lawyer, Peter Robb drafted the memo showing GOP President Ronald Reagan how to fire the nation’s Air Traffic Controllers, effectively smashing the PATCO union.
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Senate adds management lawyer after Trump names union buster to NLRB
September 27, 2017Emanuel’s ascension gives the board, which governs labor-management relations in the private sector and in some parts of the public sector, a 3-2 GOP majority, at least for now. Board Chairman Philip Miscimarra, a Republican, will...
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Trump labor board nominees duck tough questions
July 14, 2017Despite the performance at their July 13 confirmation hearing, the Senate will likely approve management-side labor lawyer William Emanuel and Marvin Kaplan, a former GOP congressional staffer.
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Nonmajority union organizing can continue; Supreme Court rejects Macy’s complaint
June 21, 2017The Court issued an unsigned rejection of Macy’s challenge to successful union organizing among fragrances and cosmetics workers at its Saugus, Mass., store.
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Trump’s National Labor Relations Board will be anti-labor
February 8, 2017"We have never seen a situation like this in the 81-year history of the Board."
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