From WSJopinion: Big Labor has long targeted fast-food chains and other franchise businesses for unionization with little success. So they are again turning to the National Labor Relations Board for help.
Big Labor has long targeted fast-food chains and other franchise businesses for unionization with little success. So they are again turning to the National Labor Relations Board for help, and the new Biden majority seems willing to dodge ethics rules to oblige.
Now the conflict of interest is on the other foot. Two Biden appointees to the NLRB— Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty —have worked for the SEIU. GOP Members of Congress led by Indiana Sen. Mike Braun have written to NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran demanding that both Biden appointees recuse themselves from litigation or issues regarding the joint-employer rule.
But where are Ms. Warren and Mr. Berry now? Prior to his confirmation in July, Mr. Prouty was general counsel for SEIU Local 32BJ, one of the largest property-service labor unions in the U.S. He signed SEIU Local 32BJ’s comments opposing the Trump joint-employer rule. This is disqualifying by any ethics standard.
The two Biden appointees suggest they must recuse only from cases involving their union local. But SEIU International exerts significant control over locals on membership, strikes, lockouts and union dues. The conflict of interest is far more direct and problematic than Sen. Warren’s standard of near-total recusal for any Republican who ever worked in labor law.
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