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Government

Jan. 10, 2017

Trump on NLRB on a collision course

As Trump will be able to immediately select two new National Labor Relations Board members, given the conservative cast of his new cabinet, the appointments will likely be a political lightning rod for the White House and the Senate. By William B. Gould IV

William B. Gould IV

Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law, Emeritus
Stanford Law School

William is the former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board and chairman of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board.

By William B. Gould IV

Just below the surface as cabinet hearings come to a close, President-elect Donald Trump will make new appointments with major ramifications for federal labor policy, i.e. the National Labor Relations Board, the arbiter of many labor-management disputes. Trump will be able to select two members immediately and, like the cabinet, they will be subject to Senate confirmation. Since so many Trump businesses are likely to come be...

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