Obama Recess Appointee Refuses to Recuse Himself in Twelve of Thirteen Cases Despite Clear Bias, Conflicts of Interest
New federal labor board member and former SEIU union lawyer Craig Becker thumbs his nose at much-touted Obama ethics policy
Washington, DC (June 9, 2010) – Craig Becker, President Barack Obama’s controversial recess appointee to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), responded this week to 13 motions for his recusal filed by National Right to Work Foundation attorneys in cases pending before the Board.
After President Obama installed Becker on the NLRB in late March, Foundation attorneys quickly filed recusal motions in all Foundation-supported cases due to Becker’s extreme level of hostility against the Foundation and its legal arguments for workers’ rights, even when the NLRB or United States Supreme Court have agreed and ruled against unions for their abusive practices. Additionally, some of the cases directly involve affiliates of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Becker’s employer up to the date of his recess appointment.
But Becker has only agreed to recuse himself in Dana Corp., one pending case in which Becker’s conflict of interest was so great even he could not ignore it. In that case, Foundation attorneys filed unfair labor practice charges against an employer and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union for illegal pre-recognition bargaining. In exchange for active company assistance during a coercive card check organizing campaign, UAW union officials made explicit concessions as to workers’ wages and benefits. Becker himself coauthored a joint brief for the UAW and AFL-CIO union hierarchy in that case.
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PEOPLE OF AMERICA, WE ARE LIVING IN THE MOST DANGEROUS TIMES THAT
WE WILL EVER FACE. "YOUR" PRESIDENT HAS SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE
UNIONS AS PAYBACK FOR THEIR ELECTION SUPPORT. HE IS A MILITANT
MUSLIM WITH ALMOST NO DISCERNABLE PAST,NO LIFE EXPERIENCE, AND
HIS ONLY TALENT BEING ABLE TO USE A TELE-PROMPTER AND LIE TO YOU WHILE LOOKING YOU IN THE EYES AND NOT LAUGHING!! HE WAS AN ACORN
PIMP AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZER. TRANSLATION, A RABBLE ROUSER
AND THUG. A PRODUCT OF CHICAGO POLITICS WITH A DALEY MAYOR.YOU VOTED FOR A BLACK MAN, BUT A MONGREL IS WHAT YOU GOT. A HALF BLACK,
HALF WHO KNOWS WHAT. THE ONLY THING I KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT HIM IS
THAT HE HATES AMERICA AND AMERICANS.
FOLKS, ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU. I WORKED FOR A MAJOR, NON UNION, AIRLINE FOR MORE THAN 36 YEARS. I DID MY JOB WELL, SO THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A UNION. I WAS PAID AS WELL OR BETTER THAN UNION SCALE
AND HAD NO DUES OR THUGS TO CONTEND WITH. I HAVE NEVER STOPPED TO COUNT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST 30 AIRLINES FAIL OR GET BOUGHT UP. THE MAJORITY,BY FAR, WERE UNION AND THEY HAD
LABOR PROBLEMS. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE WAS AL-
WAYS AN US VERSES THEM RAPPORT BETWEEN WORKER AND MANAGEMENT. THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR EITHER OR THE CUSTOMER. I HAVE ALSO SEEN MY SHARE OF PICKET LINES. THUGS WITH BALL BATS, CHAINS, OR LUG WRENCH BEATING
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FIRST.