OBAMA ANGERS UNION LEADERS - AGAIN!

The treatment of Craig Becker, Obama's own appointee to the National Labor Relations Board is again becoming a lightening rod in the deteriorating relationship between the President and top labor officials.

After the Republicans "allowed" a few of his non controversial appointees to be approved the President said he would not make any appointments during the upcoming recess (a common practice). This was just days after Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO had urged him to use the recess appointment process to fill the NLRB seat. An unnamed Union Official called the the concession to the Republican leadership "Insane". The next Senate recess after the current one will be March 29th.

The question remains whether the President is planning on pulling his nominee, waiting for the Senate to reject him or just waiting. Opponents to Becker say they are against him because he would be an advocate for workers. Perhaps the AFL-CIO needs to reach back to the history of the CIO part of its name for a strategy to involve its rank and file members to take action.