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| NLRB “Watch List”: Decisions and Issues That Could Receive Attention and More Pro-Employer Treatment From the New Board |
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Derek G. Barella
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This article first appeared in theABA’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section’s Employer-Employee Relations Committee Newsletter, March 2003
Over the last ten years, the National Labor Relations Board has resembled the National Football League in at least two respects. First, after a round of litigation before the Clinton Board, many employers have attested to feeling like a NFL quarterback on Monday morning. Second, in the NLRB, like the NFL, momentum has proven to be critical. Looking forward in 2003 to the first Republican-dominated Board since 1993, employers and industry groups are sensing a momentum shift they hope will lead to the Board’s reversal of a number of Clinton-era, pro-labor decisions. |
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