Businesses Want Labor Board Democrat Out (1)

Business lobbyists are urging the White House not to give former National Labor Relations Board Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce (D) another stint on the board when his term expires next month, sources tell Bloomberg Law.

“The management community is uniform that Mr. Pearce should not be renominated,” Littler Mendelson attorney Michael Lotito told Bloomberg Law.

Pearce’s critics say that he pushed the board’s labor policy aggressively in favor of unions and workers during his six years on the board. That includes decisions to expand joint employer liability for affiliated businesses and crack down on general employment policies as infringing on ...