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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

Employment And Labor Law Alert: Expect The NLRB's Aggressive Agenda To Go Full-Speed Ahead Following Griffin's Confirmation

Stinson LLP on 11/4/2013

Now that the U.S. Senate has confirmed Richard Griffin, Jr. as general counsel to the National Labor Relations Board, employers can expect the NLRB to continue its aggressive enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act. ...more

Pro-Union Attorney to Head NLRB

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 10/31/2013

The U.S. Senate has confirmed union lawyer Richard Griffin to serve as general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”)....more

Senate Confirms Griffin to be National Labor Relations Board General Counsel

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/30/2013

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Obama’s nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr. to serve as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The vote was 55-to-44 and fell along party lines; Senator...more

Griffin Confirmed as NLRB General Counsel

Proskauer - Labor Relations on 10/30/2013

The United States Senate has confirmed Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, giving the Board its first confirmed General Counsel in over three years, probably the longest time that the...more

Furloughed NLRB Employees Return to Work — Will GC Nominee Griffin be Next?

Proskauer - Labor Relations on 10/18/2013

On the same day that furloughed federal government employees are returning to work, it is being reported that a roll call vote will be scheduled in the Senate to invoke cloture (i.e., end debate) on the nomination of Richard...more

Opening Salvo

Proskauer - Labor Relations on 9/17/2013

The NLRB has filed its opening Supreme Court brief in the Noel Canning case, in which the validity of the President’s January, 2012 recess appointments of former, putative NLRB members Richard Griffin and Sharon Block are at...more

President Withdraws Nominations Of NLRB Members That Are The Subject Of The Noel Canning Case, But Impact Of Withdrawals Uncertain

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 7/26/2013

Last week, as part of an agreement between Senate Democrats and Republicans to avoid the "nuclear option" of eliminating the filibuster for executive branch nominations, President Obama agreed to withdraw the pending...more

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