Trump Appointee ‘Conflict’ Throws Key Labor Ruling Into Doubt
A worker fills an order at a restaurant on the boardwalk at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.
Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
A top National Labor Relations Board appointee of U.S. President Donald Trump should have recused himself in a ruling that restricted employees of contractors and franchisees from pursuing claims against big corporations, the agency’s inspector general said.
In a memo obtained by Bloomberg News, NLRB Inspector General David Berry flagged what he called “a serious and flagrant problem and/or deficiency” in the handling of conflict-of-interest issues by the agency. Berry’s memo concerned a December ruling in which the NLRB reversed an earlier board decision by a Democratic majority making it easier for employees to pursue federal complaints against parent companies or other firms for which they ultimately work.