Essay: Labor Relations

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            Congress has entrusted the agency known as The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to enforce the 1935 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) (Estreicher 1612). Politics, in the United States, is an inevitable segment of the labor edict, which is commonly the case since the establishment of the National Labor Relations Act, shaping, as it did, the first substantial government interference in private company decision-making (Estreicher 1615). This status remains to the present day-replicating ever the contested territory between the management, companies as well as their representatives (Estreicher 1617). Even though there exist numerous areas for mutual gains between management and labor, generally, when the National Labor Relations Board becomes involved, workers pursue to compel the administration or organize a union to bargain with the union.

            The National Labor Relations Board panel location is in Washington, D.C (Holley et al., 35). The panel consists of five members who usually get nominated by the president to serve a term of five years and must get gain approval from the Senate (Holley et al., 39). In my opinion, the selection process of determining the Board members is too politicized since the Board matters depend upon the selection and recruitment process where only the Senate execute the nominations to evade simultaneous confirmation. Furthermore, the appointments getting spaced out, as well as the selection process being time-consuming, leaves the NRLB half-empty and this makes the process challenging because the Board requires the majority votes to conclude its verdict. Again, do not to forget to mention the fact that the Supreme Court declared that Labor Market Regulation Authority need a minimum of three members of the board to contribute towards the decision-making for it to be considered legal.

            Therefore, the unions oblige that the board consist of the popular seats (Holley et al., 47). Hence, not only does this become a matter of concern (since the current selection process results in instability in understanding the LMRA), but it also makes us realize that the laws that struggled to get passed through the courts get forgotten (Holley et al., 51). This is likely to occur as a result of the National Labor Relations Board members becoming swapped after a span of every five years, together with the present values and opinions of the board (Holley et al., 67). This is evident from previous records, which confirm that 25 percent of the Senate appointees have failed to get approved successfully since 1988 (Holley et al., 70). Then, I would like to refer to the fact that the Senate did not confirm some of President Obama’s appointees during Obama’s initial term in office. This makes it necessary to ask the fundamental question as to whose concern gets cared for. I indeed ask if the Senate is complete with convincing persons exclusively interested in their self-worth. It most definitely appears in that manner.

                                                                                                Works Cited

Estreicher, Samuel. "Depoliticizing the National Labor Relations Board: Administrative Steps." Emory LJ 64 (2014): 1611-1646.

Holley, William H., Kenneth M. Jennings, and Roger S. Wolters. The labor relations process. Cengage Learning. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2011. Pg 33-99.