Earlier this year we created "e-mail alerts" to keep you better informed of legislative changes and related legal developments in labor and employment law that will significantly impact both union and non-union employers during 2009. We are gratified with the positive feedback we have received from many of our clients and friends on this series of e-alerts. Based on suggestions we received and encouragement from many in our firm, we are expanding the original framework to address the myriad of potential changes in labor law that we will likely see over the next few years from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), the federal agency which administers the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). By virtue of new appointments made by the Obama administration, the composition of the NLRB is undergoing significant change. With the transition from the Bush-appointed NLRB chaired by conservative Robert Battista, to a Board composed of Obama appointees chaired by former union attorney Wilma Liebman, a number of significant decisions issued by the Board between 2000 and 2008 will likely be reconsidered and overturned over the next few years.

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