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Although there has been no official White House announcement, The New York Times has reported that President Obama plans to re-nominate Craig Becker to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). On December 24, the Senate returned Becker’s controversial nomination to the President for reconsideration. The choice of Becker, who serves as Associate General Counsel to both the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been heavily criticized by members of Congress as well as by business advocates. Becker supports passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), and has opined that “employers should be stripped of any legally cognizable interest in their employees’ election of representatives.”
If Obama sends his nomination back to the Senate, the confirmation process would begin again, and, presumably, face the same opposition as it did last year.