Smashing Precedents

Obama’s NLRB pushes pro-union agenda
NLRB board members Mark Gaston Pearce, Sharon Block, and Richard Griffin / nlrb.gov

The National Labor Relations Board unleashed a raft of precedent-busting, pro-union decisions after President Barack Obama’s reelection in November.

Decline in Fitness

Union blocks efforts to require physical fitness of police at Andrews
Obama, Biden with troops at Joint Base Andrews Dec. 2011 / AP

The nation’s largest federal employee union has blocked the U.S. Air Force from implementing basic fitness standards for civilian police officers at Joint Base Andrews, home to Air Force One.