Labor/Employment

The National Right to Work Foundation filed a motion Friday that challenges the legality of President Obama’s controversial appointments.

House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) has put forward a formal request for all documents related to the three National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recess appointments that were made last week, a request Kline said is warranted because two of the three appointments did not go through a formal vetting process in Congress.

"The complete departure from and total disregard for normal policies governing the appointments of these individuals to the Board raises serious questions about their qualifications, background, and the future of the NLRB," Kline wrote in a letter along with subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.).

The ad is running in South Carolina, where the NLRB was in a dispute with Boeing.

President Obama will recess-appoint his nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, bypassing a likely filibuster from Senate Republicans.

The National Labor Relations Board will be left with two board members when the recess appointment of Craig Becker expires.

The labor board delayed the requirement on employers until April 30, at the request of a federal court.

Business groups denounced the rule as a transparent attempt by the labor board to help unions organize in the workplace.

All 47 Republican senators signed a letter to Obama asking him not to bypass them with labor board nominees

A rule change that sparked a congressional battle and briefly shut down the FAA has been upheld on appeal.

The president will nominate a Labor Department official and a union lawyer, the White House announced.