Board Members Bicker, Workers Leaflet

If there was a shred of doubt remaining that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is now completely dysfunctional - demonstrations against last month's anti-worker decisions are set for this week, including this Thursday in DC - now comes news that "Not only are National Labor Relations Board members sparring with each other, but the NLRB's general counsel is in a battle with the board's union workers." Jane M. Von Bergen reported on November 10 in phillyinc.biz that "The gloves came off at a legal conference in Philadelphia this week where a thin veneer of professional collegiality could not conceal deep discord among members of the National Labor Relations Board. Sparking the debate," writes Von Bergen, " was what labor lawyers are calling the September Massacre - 61 decisions handed down by the NLRB in one month, the majority of which, they said, went against workers' ability to join unions, and reflect what they say is President Bush's anti-union bias." At the same conference, NLRB workers leafleted their boss, Ronald E. Meisberg, NLRB general counsel, for refusing to bargain. "I think it's egregious that the person who is in charge of enforcing federal labor law is willfully violating federal labor law himself," National Labor Relations Board Union president Eric Brooks told Von Bergen. Click here for Von Bergen's story on the split among NLRB members, and click here for her report on NLRB workers.