President Obama Releases Teamsters from Nearly 30 Years of Strict Government Oversight

“This is a historic day for our Teamsters,” Teamster President James Hoffa said. “After decades of hard work and millions of dollars spent, we can finally say that corrupt elements have been driven from the Teamsters and that the government oversight can come to an end.” Oddly, many of those corrupt elements were likely led…
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Long Term Consequences of the Noel Canning Decision

By now, you have probably heard that the United States Supreme Court invalided President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board because they were unconstitutionally made at a time when Congress was not in recess. You also probably know that the NLRB has to review the hundreds of cases unlawfully rendered as a…
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Supreme Court Rules That President Obama’s NLRB Recess Appointments Were Invalid

The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled on June 26, 2014 that President Obama’s three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were unconstitutional and therefore, invalid. The Court’s ruling likely means that hundreds of cases the NLRB decided in 2012 and 2013, while the recess appointees were seated, are now invalid. Many…
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