President Obama Nominates Wilma Liebman to Chair NLRB

[Earth Bound Misfit]

http://www.worldofworklawblog.com/2009/02/articles/labor-1/president-obama-nominates-wilma-liebman-to-chair-nlrb/

Late last month, President Obama appointed Wilma B. Liebman to chair the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the agency that enforces federal labor law. Click here to read the NLRB's press release on the appointment. Chairman Liebman has served on the Board since November 14, 1997. First appointed by President Clinton, she is now serving her third term, which will expire on August 27, 2011.

Chairman Liebman is considered one of its most union-friendly members, and was often a strongly dissenting voice on the Board during the eight years of the Bush administration. Her appointment was not unexpected, and confirms predictions that the NLRB would shift to the left during the Obama administration.

Don't think the Board will change under Liebman's watch? Watch her testify before congress regarding some controversial decisions under the Bush Board, and perhaps you will change your mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfrAG8k9Pls&eurl=http://www.worldofworklawblog.com/2009/02/articles/labor-1/president-obama-nominates-wilma-liebman-to-chair-nlrb/&feature=player_embedded