As of July 30, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is fully staffed and the new members are likely to pursue issues the NLRB did not complete in past years, many of which are designed to facilitate or expedite the union organizing process.

The National Labor Relations Board has petitioned for re-hearings in both courts that struck down its August 2011 鈥淣otification of Employee Rights鈥� rule. Under the rule, employers would have been required to display a poster in their workplace that contained a biased and incomplete list of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act.听

The U.S. Senate voted July 30 in favor of five presidential nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). They included new members Nancy Schiffer (D) and Kent Hirozawa (D), as well as NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce (D), who was reconfirmed. Two Republicans, Harry Johnson III (R), Philip Miscimarra (R), were also confirmed by voice vote.听

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed with two other courts July 17 by听ruling the president violated the Constitution when he bypassed the U.S. Senate to make recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).听

The U.S. Supreme Court announced on June 24 that it will be reviewing a lower court ruling that President Obama鈥檚 early 2012 鈥渞ecess鈥� appointments of three members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were unconstitutional. The court likely will hear the case this fall.

The National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 (NLRB) August 2011 鈥淣otification of Employee Rights鈥� rule was听struck down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit听on June 14, making it the second appellate court to invalidate the rule this year.听

All 45 Senate Republicans, the ABC-led Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have filed friend-of-the-court briefs asking for the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold听a lower court ruling that President Obama鈥檚 recess appointments to the NLRB were unconstitutional.听

老牛影视May 7听welcomed a decision听by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to invalidate the National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 (NLRB) 鈥淣otification of Employee Rights鈥� notice posting rule. A three-judge panel struck down the 2011 rule, primarily on the grounds that it violated free speech rights afforded to employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).听

The NLRB April 25听filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court听to appeal a听Jan. 25 ruling听that the 2012 presidential recess appointments of three members to the board were unconstitutional.听

The NLRB April 25听filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court听to appeal a听Jan. 25 ruling听that the 2012 presidential recess appointments of three members to the board were unconstitutional.听