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On July 13, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held hearings on Trump’s two NLRB selections and his deputy labor secretary pick. All three of these men are expected to be confirmed.

First guy

William Emanuel, one of Trump’s NLRB appointees, is a management-side attorney and a member of the conservative Federalist Society. He is also a shareholder of Littler Mendelson, an infamous union busting firm that was most recently brought in by Long Island beer distributor Clare Rose to negotiate a contract full of pay cuts.

In 2016, Emanuel authored an amicus brief that defended class-action waivers in employment contracts. Workers often depend on class actions to fight sexual and racial discrimination, and their existence is an important part of upholding wage laws. The NLRB ruled that such waivers were illegal under Obama.

Second

At the time of the announcement, Kristen Swearingen, chair of the anti-union group Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, declared that “Marvin Kaplan will begin to restore balance to an agency whose recent and radical decisions and disregard for long standing precedent have injected uncertainty into labor relations to the detriment of employees, employers and the economy.”

And third

Trump’s Labor Department nominee is Patrick Pizzella, a Federal Labor Relations Authority Member who was grilled by Minnesota Senator Al Franken on his ties to the infamous lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Pizzella worked with Abramoff during the 1990s to exempt the Northern Mariana Islands from federal labor regulations.

Bonus

Early in the hearing, Washington Senator Patty Murray asked Emanuel if he had ever represented a union or a worker. Emanuel explained that he worked exclusively for management for his entire career. "You just don't do both,” he told her. “It's not feasible."

More here

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20329/NLRB-Donald-Trump-union-busters-appointees-labor

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[Magwik]

Yeah that sounds about right.

 

[Volimar]

Bust the police unions first please.

 

[Slayven]

But Coal mines have unions

Bust the police unions first please.

yes please

 

[gdt]

But the dnc tho

 

[Protein]

That thread title doe.

 

[theWB27]

Bust the police unions first please.

The one union that will be fortified.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

The one union that will be fortified.

Probably. The whole mission of Republicans IS to keep minorities down, innit?

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

They'll probably just tell stories that don't go anywhere.

 

[theWB27]

Probably. The whole mission of Republicans IS to keep minorities down, innit?

We can't get too comfortable.

 

[BackLogJoe]

Bust the police unions please.

Only this one.

 

[RinsFury]

Bust the police unions first please.

Had a good chuckle at that one.

 

[WedgeX]

Couldn't stop union busting in union strongholds like Michigan or Wisconsin.

Labor as a movement is essentially dead in the United States.

 

[Magwik]

Couldn't stop union busting in union strongholds like Michigan or Wisconsin.

Labor as a movement is essentially dead in the United States.

No thanks to the help of the DeVos' either. Odd how it all comes together ...

 

[Gallbaro]

Phew. Thankfully the police vote Republican, at least their Union will be safe!