Club for Growth Declares War on the NLRB

The right-wing has never been happy with the National Labor Relations Board’s mission of safeguarding employees’ rights.  But in the past year, there has been a full-scale attack on this commitment, in the wake of NLRB decisions to charge Boeing with unfair labor practices and its rulings in other key cases. The Senate has refused to confirm new members to the board, forcing the President to make recess appointments to keep it functioning.  Now the attack on the NLRB has reached a fever pitch, as the powerful Club for Growth has made defunding the board a “key vote” test for lawmakers.

Read coverage in The Hill.