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Labor/Employment,
Government

Jan. 27, 2021

Biden’s firing of NLRB general counsel: It’s politics as usual

Last week, Americans, many of whom had no clue what the N-L-R-B stands for, suddenly were either overjoyed or outraged that, as one of his first acts after taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden fired the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.

Michael H. Leb

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U Michigan Law School

THE NEUTRAL CORNER is a monthly column discussing recent cases or topics of interest from a neutral's perspective.

THE NEUTRAL CORNER

Last week, Americans, many of whom had no clue what the N-L-R-B stands for, suddenly were either overjoyed or outraged that, as one of his first acts after taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden fired the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.

One understandable gut reaction to this action would be: Who cares? In California, less than 10% of the private sector workforce is unionized to...

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