by Justin | Dec 30, 2020 | Department of Labor, President Joseph Biden
Joe Biden‘s transition team faces an increasingly difficult decision in its hunt for labor secretary, as it weighs what’s come down to a contest between Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and California Labor Secretary Julie Su. The president-elect is under mounting pressure...
by Justin | Dec 17, 2020 | President Joseph Biden
President Obama nominated more management lawyers than union lawyers to the federal judiciary. Joe Biden cannot do the same.Read the article here.
by Justin | Dec 10, 2020 | President Joseph Biden, UE
Biden said some of the right things on trade and jobs during the campaign,” said UE General President Carl Rosen, “but we know he comes from the same corporate wing of the Democratic Party that gave us NAFTA and tried to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership during the...
by Justin | Dec 9, 2020 | President Joseph Biden, UE
During the campaign, President-Elect Biden promised not to negotiate any new trade agreements until there are major investments in U.S. production. He also promised to make job-creating investments in infrastructure, including high-speed rail. However, Biden has yet...
by Justin | Dec 8, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Labor Notes, NLRB, President Donald Trump, President Joseph Biden
Unions are hoping that President-elect Joe Biden quickly takes control of the National Labor Relations Board and launches a new era of federal labor policy. Over the past four years, a cabal of Trump appointees, determined to rewrite U.S. labor law, has run the NLRB...
by Justin | Dec 1, 2020 | NLRB, President Joseph Biden
Four lawyers have emerged as the leading candidates to fill an open Democratic seat on the National Labor Relations Board once President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, according to people familiar with the discussions. That list includes union-side lawyers,...
