Former NLRB Member Becker To Take Top AFL-CIO Post; Controversial Flynn Resigns

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Former NLRB Member Becker To Take Top AFL-CIO Post; Controversial Flynn Resigns(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Craig Becker (r), a former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member who drew so much GOP ire that a Republican filibuster kept him from a permanent board seat, will become Co-General Counsel of the AFL-CIO on July 1. He’ll join incumbent Lynn Rhinehart atop the federation’s legal department. President Barack Obama had nominated fellow Chicagoan Becker, a former AFL-CIO and Service Employees associate counsel, to a permanent NLRB seat, but when the GOP mustered enough votes to win its threatened filibuster against him, his nomination was dead. Obama then named Becker to the NLRB by a temporary “recess” appointment, which ended months ago. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called Becker "a brilliant lawyer and creative thinker with deep experience in labor law, litigation and organizing. His combination of legal acumen and experience on the ground is simply unmatched.  The strengths of these two extraordinary lawyers, Becker and Rhinehart, are a perfect complement, and together they will lead a powerhouse legal program to protect and promote the interests of working men and women.” In other NLRB news, controversial board member Terence Flynn resigned last weekend, immediately recusing himself from all agency business and asking the President to withdraw his nomination for the Board. The NLRB Inspector General earlier this year issued two reports describing how Flynn funneled confidential information about NLRB activities and deliberations, including attorney-client privileged information, to two former NLRB members who have worked to undermine and discredit the NLRB. Click here to read more on the AFL-CIO Now blog. 

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