17 Jul 2013 President Obama Consults with Trumka on New NLRB Nominees
National Labor Relations Board | John KoenigPolitico and other media outlets are reporting that President Obama’s administration consulted with AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka to come up with his two replacement nominees for the NLRB. This came about as part of a Senate deal to avoid the so-called “nuclear option” of changing the body’s filibuster rules in exchange for the President withdrawing the re-nomination of two current members who were originally installed through controversial recess appointments. Politico’s story can be found here. The President’s…