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Biden Labor Purge Sparks Legal Challenge Getty Images Graham Piro • February 22, 2021 4:59 am SHARE An Oregon worker is challenging President Joe Bidens day one purge of Trump appointees from a federal agency, arguing that the administration is shielding a major union accused of violating labor law. Jeremy Brown accused the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians Local 51 of illegally siphoning donations from his paycheck, prompting an investigation from the Nationa...

Friday, February 19, 2021 The Biden administration has made some early moves that strongly suggest it intends significant changes from the five-member National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that manufacturers should watch closely. Currently, the board consist of three Republican members and one Democratic member. The administration replaced Republican board member John Ring as the chairman of the NLRB with member Lauren McFerran. (He remains a sitting member until December 16, 2022.) M...

Returning internationals can help Connacht put home struggles behind them Andy Friend’s team have lost their last four home games in all competitions. By Ciarán Kennedy Saturday 20 Feb 2021, 7:30 AM Feb 20th 2021, 7:30 AM 4,834 Views 2 Comments Bundee Aki makes his first start since December. Image: James Crombie/INPHO Image: James Crombie...

[co-author: Michelle Lappen] President Biden nominated Jennifer Abruzzo, Special Counsel for Strategic Initiatives for the Communications Workers of America, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Abruzzo was a Board veteran with more than two decades at the agency before becoming the union’s point person on NLRB issues. She was NLRB Deputy General Counsel and then Acting General Counsel before former General Counsel Peter Robb was confirmed by the Senate. According to t...

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Biden talks COVID-19 relief, infrastructure with labor leaders By (0) President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with labor leaders to discuss plans for a COVID-19 relief package and improving Americas infrastructure. Pool Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI | License Photo Biden said Wednesday that the United States is "so far behind the curve" on infrastructure, pledging to bring the nation into the 21st century. Pool Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI | License Photo Biden also nominated Je...

Peter Sung Ohr, the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), is seeking to withdraw complaints alleging that unions illegally displayed a giant inflatable rat known as Scabby the Rat outside a Philadelphia hotel and an RV trade show in Indiana. Ohr is asking the NLRB to let him withdraw the complaints, Law360 reported. The previous general counsel, Peter Robb, a management-side labor lawyer appointed by former President Trump, tried to muzzle Scabby the Rat as soon a...

WASHINGTON, DC - Oregon-based ABC cameraman Jeremy Brown is challenging an attempt by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) so-called “Acting General Counsel” Peter Ohr to withdraw a brief that Ohr’s predecessor, Peter Robb, filed defending Brown from threats he received from a union lawyer.

On February 17, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Jennifer Abruzzo to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Ms. Abruzzo was most recently a Special Counsel...

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 The Biden administration has officially begun to undo Trump-era labor relations policy. Peter Ohr, acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), withdrew 10 guidance memos that were issued by President Trump’s General Counsel Peter Robb. The following guidance memos were rescinded on Feb. 1, 2021. GC 18-04,  Guidance on Handbook Rules Post-Boeing (June 6, 2018)  Instructed regions on the placement of various types of employer ru...