Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports the Senate’s approval of Crystal Carey as the new General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) makes a top Union-Buster the NLRB’s Chief Enforcement Officer and de facto Chief Of Staff. The same vote also filled two Board seats, assuring that for the first time in almost a year the NLRB will have a quorum and can issue decisions on Union Elections and Worker-boss conflicts. That won’t be good for workers. Both are Republicans. Two other Board seats are unfilled. The sole current Board Member is Democrat David Prouty. The Senate vote put former NLRB Staffer James Murphy in one seat through December 2027. He was Chief of Staff to another Union-Buster who sat on the Board, Marvin Kaplan - whose tenure was rife with conflicts of interest. And Senators approved Scott Mayer, Boeing’s Chief Counsel, for a term ending in December 2029. He’s been serving the Aircraft and Military Manufacturer during two Strikes by its International Association of Machinists-represented Workers, one in the Puget Sound area and the other around St. Louis.

The National AFL-CIO and other Unions opposed all three, but particularly Carey, who may be the biggest danger for workers. Her clients at Union-Buster Morgan Lewis & Bockius include Amazon, Apple, SpaceX and Tesla. Elon Musk owns Tesla and SpaceX while Jeff Bezos owns Amazon. All three firms, Musk and Bezos sued in Federal Court in deep-red Texas charging the NLRB’s structure, and the Board, are unconstitutional. Carey, wrote Lulit Shewan of the Center for Law and Social Policy, is the lead Attorney in their NLRB constitutionality challenge. They’ve won, so far. “The NLRB General Counsel serves as the Agency’s Chief Prosecutor and Policy Leader, responsible for enforcing Workers’ Rights (under Labor Law). Crystal Carey’s record demonstrates hostility to those rights,” National AFL-CIO Government Affairs Director Jody Calemine explained to Senators back in October. The National AFL-CIO also sharply criticized and opposed Mayer and Murphy.

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