On September 15, 2017, the White House announced that President Donald Trump would nominate labor attorney Peter Robb as the next General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). If the Senate confirms Robb, he will replace current General Counsel Richard Griffin. Griffin’s term expires on October 31, 2017. General Counsel’s Role The President … Read more
On August 2, 2017, the U.S. Senate confirmed Marvin Kaplan as a new member of the National Labor Relations Board. Kaplan, a Republican attorney with a decade of federal government experience, fills an open seat on the 5-member NLRB. With Kaplan’s confirmation, one seat remains vacant. President Trump has nominated longtime management-side labor attorney William … Read more