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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has become a lightning rod for controversy under President Obama, with its aggressive actions fueling sustained warfare between business and labor. From the labor board’s bitter fight with Boeing, to the creation of new union election rules, the NLRB has repeatedly moved to the forefront of political debate, drawing in Congress, the White House and even the Supreme Court. The NLRB’s latest bombshell was dropped on Thursday, when the board determined the waste management agency Browning-Ferris should be considered a “joint employer” of temporary workers. The decision expands the definition of what it means...

WASHINGTON -- After initially rebuffing a House committee's demand for testimony on his decision to charge Boeing with an unfair-labor practice complaint, the top lawyer with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reluctantly agreed to appear at a congressional hearing Friday. Lafe Solomon, the NLRB's acting general counsel, said he decided to do so only after the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform made it clear it would "subpoena me if I do not voluntarily appear." Solomon touched off furor in April when he alleged that Boeing built a second assembly line for its 787 jetliner in South...

Washington (CNN) – South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and a group of Republican senators demanded Tuesday that the Obama administration weigh in on the National Labor Relations Board's complaint against Boeing, saying the complaint could jeopardize thousands of South Carolina jobs and the future of free enterprise in the country. The NLRB's complaint alleges that Boeing decided to build a new 787 Dreamliner plant in South Carolina, a so-called "right-to-work" state, in retaliation against union workers in Washington state who had engaged in past strikes. The NRLB's Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon is seeking an order to keep that production...