July 06, 2010
— Gabriel Malor Already.
President Obama gave Craig Becker a recess appointment to the NLRB at the end of March, after Republicans unanimously opposed his nomination. The Republicans noted that it would be inappropriate to put the Associate General Counsel of the AFL-CIO and the SEIU on the board that oversees union elections and labor practices, since he couldn't be expected to demonstrate impartiality or be free from conflicts of interest.
Roll the clock forward a few months and Becker was already ruling on cases in which the SEIU is a party.
Sure enough, on June 2, Becker joined in on an NLRB decision involving SEIU Local 1957 and denied St. Barnabas Hospital's request to review a union election. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa, R-Calif., asked the Inspector General to examiner Becker's conflict of interest in the matter. An investigation is underway.The NLRB told The Washington Examiner Becker isn't commenting on the investigation but did pass along a windy ruling Becker authored on recusal motions. Becker argues it would be appropriate to recuse him from cases involving the national SEIU but not cases involving the local chapters because they are "distinct legal entit[ies]."
Does Becker's hairsplitting seem reasonable? Hardly. The SEIU's own constitution says the national union has "jurisdiction over its affiliated bodies and all Local Unions."
More than that, the national union pools the affiliation fees of the locals and uses the pool to provide funding for locals involved in litigation. The national union is thus inextricably linked to locals, particularly when they get dragged in front of the NLRB or the courts.
How do we know this? Well, Becker -- while Associate General Counsel to the national union -- represented locals in court. Here's a sample:
Guardsmark, LLC v. NLRB, 475 F.3d 369 (D.C. Or. 2007) (SEIU Local 24/7); NLRB v. Local 32B-32J Service Employees Infi Union, 353 F.3d 197 (2d Cir. 2003); First Healthcare Corp. v. NLRB, 344 F.3d 523(6th Cir. 2003) (SEIU Local 399); Stanford Hosp. and Clinics v. NLRB, 325 F.3d 334 (D.C. Cir. 2003) (SEIU Local 715); Beverly Health & Rehab. Serv., Inc. v. NLRB, 317 F.3d 316 (D.C. Cir. 2003) (SEIU District 1199P); Beverly Health & Rehab. Serv., Inc. v. NLRB, 297 F.3d 468 (6th Cir. 2002) (SEIU Local 585); NLRB v. DeBartelo, 241 F.3d 207 (2d Cir. 2001) (SEIU Local 32B-32J); General Service Employees Union, Local 73 v. NLRB, 230 F.3d 909 (7th Cir. 2000) (SEIU Local 73); NLRB v. Hilliard Dev. Corp., 187 F.3d 133 (1st Cir. 1999) (SEIU Local 285); Service Employees Infi Union Local 102 v. County of San Diego, 35 F.3d 483, opinion amended & supplemented, 60 F.3d 1346 (9th Cir. 1994); Beverly Enter., Inc. v. Trump, 1 F. Supp. 2d 489 (W.D. Pa. 1998 ) (SEIU Local 585).
Note how many of those cases involved union claims against hospitals. The case that Becker is getting investigated for also involves a hospital. It seems to be something of a specialty for him.
Becker says that recusal is not required because the locals are "distinct" from the national union. I'm sure it will come as a shock, but it appears that Becker's a lying liar.
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Posted by: JimK at July 06, 2010 07:30 AM (qB0G3)
Posted by: MelodicMetal at July 06, 2010 07:33 AM (x4S2a)
Posted by: Filly at July 06, 2010 07:36 AM (CNG84)
Why it's almost as if Obama put the fox in charge of guarding the hen house, surely this can't be.
Posted by: Blazer at July 06, 2010 07:38 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: John Gotti from Hell at July 06, 2010 07:38 AM (UYace)
Sorta of explains itself doesn't it? It's the Chicago Way.
When it comes to President Obama and Democrats on Capitol Hill, what Big Labor wants, Big Labor gets. Unions spent $400 million electing Democrats in 2008, so they demanded to select which fox gets to guard the henhouse overseeing organized laborand then...
Becker does not get to decide for himself whether his own conduct is in violation of ethical guidelines. It should have been painfully obvious to Obama that Becker is not just incapable of being impartial but also incapable of meeting the most basic ethical requirements to perform his job.
In related news, White House political director Patrick Gaspard -- a former top lobbyist for the SEIU -- revealed last week that he forgot to disclose that the union paid him $40,000 while working at the White House last year
Posted by: skye at July 06, 2010 07:42 AM (HwMXR)
Posted by: toby928 at July 06, 2010 07:42 AM (4WbTI)
Posted by: Circa (insert Year Here) at July 06, 2010 07:43 AM (pNxhC)
You know what else is inappropriate?
Having the Labor Secretary protect, defend, and speak for illegal aliens. She's supposed to be working for the American people, not fucking illegal residents who are stealing jobs from Americans.
Posted by: i like big butts, i cannot lie at July 06, 2010 07:45 AM (uFokq)
Wasn't Dee DeeScozzafava's husband Ron McDougall a powerful union lawyer on the shorlist for the NLRB job before Becker was selected? I seem to recall seeing that somewhere.
Posted by: Blazer at July 06, 2010 07:45 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: Fresh Air at July 06, 2010 07:53 AM (UR1qj)
Squishes like Ed Morrissey would no doubt argue that none of his misdeeds during the last 18 months constitute a compelling reason to kick the Traitor-in-Chief out of office. I say it should have been done long ago. February, 2009 would have been a good time to do the job.
But the Chicago Jesus needs to go -- now -- before his cronies (unrepentant Black Panthers like Holder, self-aggrandizing appeasers like Clinton, in-over-their-heads incompetents like Big Momma Napolitano and union thugs like Becker) are able to complete their destructive, criminal work.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 06, 2010 07:57 AM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 06, 2010 07:57 AM (RkRxq)
Posted by: TonyRezko at July 06, 2010 07:57 AM (d7EET)
To provide binding arbitration that rules in the unions favor. Duh.
Posted by: toby928 at July 06, 2010 08:00 AM (4WbTI)
The case that Becker is getting investigated for also involves a hospital.
The case for which Becker is being investigated also involves a hospital.
Posted by: dagny at July 06, 2010 08:03 AM (P8ubl)
I used to not watch much TV but since now in the age of Barry, almost all of the commercials on TV are for ambulance chasing law firms, companies offering to help people avoid paying their obligations, and companies offering to help people pay only small portions of their taxes, I've come to appreciate the stupidity of being responsible in this life which has led me to enjoy wasting my life infront of the TV.
BTW - did you see 'The Bachelorette'?
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 06, 2010 08:05 AM (RkRxq)
Yes how about a RETIRED OIL MAN for head of EPA you mothering cock sucking Kenyan Muslim mother fucker.
Posted by: gus at July 06, 2010 08:05 AM (Vqruj)
Posted by: can't let go of old memes at July 06, 2010 08:07 AM (4WbTI)
Wingnuts sure have some crazy priorities.
Posted by: Patriotic Progressive at July 06, 2010 08:08 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Jean at July 06, 2010 08:08 AM (yGYDb)
I'm sure the MFM will be running stories on this any day now...
Oh look! Black "Activist" *claims* he was called the n-word by teabagger! Eleventy!!111!!!
In other news, Jake Pavelka and Vienna Gilardi are splitsville!
Posted by: Lamestream Media at July 06, 2010 08:09 AM (ujg0T)
I wish.
Posted by: toby928 at July 06, 2010 08:10 AM (4WbTI)
Hey non-patriotic COCK SUCKER, what STOCKS are people allowed to own. Go fuck yourself you pathetic pussy.
Posted by: gus at July 06, 2010 08:10 AM (Vqruj)
Posted by: gus at July 06, 2010 08:11 AM (Vqruj)
Posted by: Patriotic Progressive at July 06, 2010 12:08 PM (7+pP9)
Nice try Ed, ain't falling for it again.
Posted by: Blazer at July 06, 2010 08:12 AM (t72+4)
So the wingnuts are crying over some no-name bureaucrat while a Halliburton stock owning GOP judge rules it okay for his big oil buddies to continue polluting the Gulf.
So the dupes won't bring cleanup equipment into action because it only works at 99% and not 99.85%. Dupes sure seem to *want* this spill to continue.
Posted by: UnPatriotic Progressive Communist at July 06, 2010 12:08 PM (7+pP9)
Fixed that.
Now go fellate Uncle Hugo; your Sandinista semen has been digested by now.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 06, 2010 08:12 AM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 06, 2010 08:13 AM (ujg0T)
Priorities???
Like NASA making Muslim countries feel good while Iran gets a nuke, we have 10% unemployment 13trillion dollar debt, trillion dollar pork bill, oil is still gushing, we are losing in Afghanistan and Gitmo is still open??
And Obama golfs, dances to McLibtard, Beyonce (wtf kind on name is that) and Lionel Ritchie?????
You want to talk about priorites cocksucking faggot??
Posted by: gus at July 06, 2010 08:14 AM (Vqruj)
Posted by: Jean at July 06, 2010 08:16 AM (xMgdu)
Posted by: Biker Fox at July 06, 2010 08:16 AM (Zplqc)
Posted by: gus at July 06, 2010 08:16 AM (Vqruj)
Posted by: Patriotic Progressive at July 06, 2010 12:08 PM (7+pP9)
Really? thats just fuckin lame. The "GOP judge" owned a nominal anount of shares in his portfolio, like anyone else including, probably yourself you fool. Do you have an IRA a 401K?? Get a clue and fuck-off tard.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 06, 2010 08:17 AM (pr+up)
Now, you need to remember Obama told that stupid little anecdote at a time when he was damned sure BP was just hours from plugging the hole. He said it so it would appear that he got tough with BP and BP got off their asses. But their efforts failed and they left Obama and little Malisha twisting in the wind.
Remember that?
Posted by: i like big butts, i cannot lie at July 06, 2010 08:18 AM (uFokq)
Libtard?? Are you still there LIBTARD??
With OBAMA being the largest receipient of BP money, it would seem BP owns stock in OBAMA.
Posted by: gus at July 06, 2010 08:19 AM (Vqruj)
Really? thats just fuckin lame. The "GOP judge" owned a nominal anount of shares in his portfolio, like anyone else including, probably yourself you fool. Do you have an IRA a 401K?? Get a clue and fuck-off tard.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 06, 2010 12:17 PM (pr+up)
Hell, even Michael Moore and The Clintons own oodles of Halliburton stock. I'll bet Wee-Wee's got him some of it too.
Posted by: Blazer at July 06, 2010 08:19 AM (t72+4)
MY union is an affliate of the AFL-CIO...reason? We members were told that legal activity against us by AFL-CIO would be unrelenting and damaging to our bottom line....it is cheaper to pay them million$$$$.
corruption at its finest
Posted by: torabora at July 06, 2010 08:23 AM (3L3P5)
Those boots were used just for the photo-op of him picking up tar balls. Have work boots ever looked so ill-fitting on any one man?
I think not.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 06, 2010 08:25 AM (pLTLS)
Its good to see somebody else with the same command of the english language as me. lol
Posted by: Berserker at July 06, 2010 08:26 AM (gWHrG)
Those boots were used just for the photo-op of him picking up tar balls. Have work boots ever looked so ill-fitting on any one man?
I think not.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 06, 2010 12:25 PM (pLTLS)
Work boots on Obama is like seeing Dracula wearing a crucifix around his neck and taking holy water jello shots at a party.
Posted by: Blazer at July 06, 2010 08:27 AM (t72+4)
You wouldn't want a football coach overseeing a baseball team. Nor would you want a civilian drawing up battle plans for a military strike.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 06, 2010 08:28 AM (S+el1)
The hell you say?!?!?!
Posted by: Zombie Lyndon Johnson at July 06, 2010 08:33 AM (P9+0W)
I think not.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 06, 2010 12:25 PM (pLTLS)
They were a pair George Bush left on AF One. Obama just doesn't fit into them.
Posted by: robtr at July 06, 2010 08:35 AM (fwSHf)
Theives, liars, freaks, & thugs* - every - single - one!
*[Hey, didn't Cher have a song about that?]
Posted by: TennDon at July 06, 2010 08:37 AM (o6Yv2)
Posted by: Jean at July 06, 2010 08:40 AM (Ef5w3)
OVER AT Hot Air
Justice Kennedy telling friends he plans on sticking around at least until 2013. It looks like that cheap shot that Obama took at the Justices in his State of the Union address stung kennedy.
Kennedy is out for revenge
Posted by: Ben at July 06, 2010 08:41 AM (wuv1c)
We're looking more and more like Zimbabwe every day. Ideologically Mugabe and Hussein are indistinguishable. Mugabe stole farmland from white farmers and gave it to his black cronies similar to the way Hussein strong-armed GM, Chrysler, Citigroup and AIG and put his union cronies in charge. Mugabe is a black racist that hates whites just as Hussein. Mugabe is an economic illiterate just as Hussein. Now Hussein is stacking the courts with leftwing ideologues that have no concern over constitutional restraints, their only concern is to advance their anti-American leftwing agenda.
Democrats are the greatest threat to this nation. If I had a choice of hanging every al Qaeda islamist or every democrat politician I choose to hang the democrats without hesitation. Those seditious dregs have done far more damage than al Qaeda ever could.
Posted by: The Great Satan™ at July 06, 2010 08:44 AM (BedzM)
Yuuuuuup. And the LA Times has a good piece today on Obama vs. the Robert's Court. (It's at Drudge. Don't expect a girl to tiny anything on the first day after a long weekend, damn it).
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 06, 2010 08:44 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: torabora at July 06, 2010 08:45 AM (3L3P5)
No honor in the dim-kommie-KKK-rat® party, none what-so-never.
They have to lie about everything because their belief system is so lame. It never works. I almost (almost) feel sorry for them sometimes.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 06, 2010 08:46 AM (fb5C4)
Posted by: Will Folks at July 06, 2010 08:48 AM (LEynS)
Since AOSHQ has 'controversial opinions' it looks like the lazy useless eaters at TSA are going to have to get to work now stealing valuables out of people's luggage and strip searching nuns..
fat chance
I make pun, no?
Posted by: torabora at July 06, 2010 08:48 AM (3L3P5)
Posted by: dagny at July 06, 2010 08:50 AM (P8ubl)
He can't even do something above-board by accident, can he?
Posted by: Truman North at July 06, 2010 08:51 AM (e8YaH)
56 """Yes how about a RETIRED OIL MAN for head of EPA you mothering cock sucking Kenyan Muslim mother fucker.""
dang gus....... tell how you really feel about jugears........
Posted by: Racefan at July 06, 2010 08:53 AM (7pFwe)
Posted by: Vic at July 06, 2010 08:56 AM (/jbAw)
The only thing left to do now is appoint a lefty to NASA and make their primary mission muslim outreach.
Oh wait.........
Posted by: Blazer at July 06, 2010 08:57 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: dagny at July 06, 2010 09:00 AM (P8ubl)
Posted by: dagny at July 06, 2010 09:01 AM (P8ubl)
Posted by: unknown jane at July 06, 2010 09:04 AM (5/yRG)
Did anyone mention to the troll that Obama owning Soros is a major holder of the Brazilian oil companies which will reap huge profits when the closed rigs are moved there?
Shhh. It doesn't count when you're a Lib.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 06, 2010 09:04 AM (fb5C4)
Did the Sumerians contribute anything to science? Should we reach out to them to make them feel good?
Posted by: NASA at July 06, 2010 09:05 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: Dave J. at July 06, 2010 09:08 AM (DCQ0q)
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Tasseled shiny black loafers with lotsa tiny holes
Everything fits bitchas!
Puttin' on the Ritz!
Posted by: George Will at July 06, 2010 09:16 AM (3L3P5)
Posted by: Boss Tweed at July 06, 2010 09:19 AM (T0NGe)
Sumerians invented counting by scratching tally marks on flat hunks of wet clay. They stored the dried hunks so we could find them.
The GAO should start honoring them by dumping those computers and start using flat wet clay hunks again.
Posted by: torabora at July 06, 2010 09:19 AM (3L3P5)
Posted by: Dave J. at July 06, 2010 01:08 PM (DCQ0q)
I don't see any difference. Next question....you on your knees there in the third row! Next question.
Posted by: Charles Gibb-sin at July 06, 2010 09:22 AM (3L3P5)
Posted by: Schwalbe at July 06, 2010 10:17 AM (UU0OF)
I'm looking forward to seeing Articles of Impeachment the size of a telephone book.
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