Heckuva Job!- the President is nominating Robert Battista for another term as Chair of the National Labor Relations Board | 01.29.08 |
Heckuva Job!
The White House announced today late Friday that the President is nominating Robert Battista for another term as Chair of the National Labor Relations Board:
The President intends to nominate Robert J. Battista, of Michigan, to be a Member and designate Chair upon confirmation of the National Labor Relations Board, for the remainder of a five-year term expiring 12/16/09. Mr. Battista recently served as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to this, he served as a Partner at Butzel Long. Mr. Battista received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and his JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
That would be the same Robert Battista who has presided over the Board as it issued an unprecedented slate of anti-worker decisions.
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has already gone on the record opposing the appointment:
It’s unbelievable that President Bush would renominate Mr. Battista to the Board, after he led the most anti-worker, anti-labor, anti-union Board in its history. America’s hard-working men and women deserve a Board that will uphold their rights, not undermine them. With these nominations, the Administration has again demonstrated its hostility to fairness and justice in the workplace.
Posted by Jason Lefkowitz
