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*****'s National Labor Relations Board Pick Litigated Reagan's 'Watershed' Air Traffic Case
Great scoop by @hassankanu, who you should be following for all things Trump NLRB
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Robb's "previous service at FLRA 30 yrs ago has little to do with National Labor Relations Act or mission of @nlrb," a WH spokesperson said.
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Trump's labor board nominee litigated Reagans watershed case against air traffic controllers (PATCO)
FULL STORY: https://www.bna.com/labor-board-pick-n57982088169/
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September 19, 2017
Labor Board Pick Litigated Reagans Watershed Air Traffic Case
By Hassan A. Kanu
President Donald Trumps nominee for the top attorney job at the NLRB argued against a now-defunct air traffic controllers union in a case that critics consider a key event contributing to decades of decline in union membership and wage stagnation.
Peter Robb was nominated Sept. 15 by the White House to serve as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Robb was the lead attorney in a controversial case that resulted in the firing of thousands of striking workers and the decertification of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. That experience could raise a red flag for unions and Democrats already concerned about what the labor board will do when it eventually gets a Republican majority and a GOP lawyer in the general counsel position.
The PATCO case was probably the most important labor conflict of the last part of the 20th century, Joseph McCartin, a labor historian and professor at Georgetown Universitys Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, told Bloomberg BNA.
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The White Houses announcement of the nomination did not reference the PATCO case or Robbs work at the FLRA. Robbs law firm or LinkedIn profiles are similarly silent on that experience.
Labor Board Pick Litigated Reagans Watershed Air Traffic Case
By Hassan A. Kanu
President Donald Trumps nominee for the top attorney job at the NLRB argued against a now-defunct air traffic controllers union in a case that critics consider a key event contributing to decades of decline in union membership and wage stagnation.
Peter Robb was nominated Sept. 15 by the White House to serve as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Robb was the lead attorney in a controversial case that resulted in the firing of thousands of striking workers and the decertification of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. That experience could raise a red flag for unions and Democrats already concerned about what the labor board will do when it eventually gets a Republican majority and a GOP lawyer in the general counsel position.
The PATCO case was probably the most important labor conflict of the last part of the 20th century, Joseph McCartin, a labor historian and professor at Georgetown Universitys Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, told Bloomberg BNA.
....
The White Houses announcement of the nomination did not reference the PATCO case or Robbs work at the FLRA. Robbs law firm or LinkedIn profiles are similarly silent on that experience.
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*****'s National Labor Relations Board Pick Litigated Reagan's 'Watershed' Air Traffic Case (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2017
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The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)1. As expected more dystopian cynical horseshit from trump
BigmanPigman
(51,632 posts)2. The ironic thing about that ia
that the air traffic controllers were the only union that backed Reagan during the election and this is how Reagan thanked them! Reagan was the beginning of many problems that our country endures today and it created the basis for our current GOP mentality.
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)3. k and r....nt