Bias Complaints Spur Probe of Labor Board Watchdog

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is reviewing three discrimination complaints against federal labor board Inspector General David Berry, and two members of Congress are asking questions about the watchdog’s behavior on the job, according to investigatory reports and letters between board officials and lawmakers obtained by Bloomberg Law.

Berry, who is white, faces race and sex bias complaints from three National Labor Relations Board senior executives who are people of color. The executives say Berry “bullied” them and members of their staff, including by yelling, using profanity, questioning their decisionmaking and authority, making a veiled threat of termination in one ...