Labor Board Nominee John Ring Makes Ethics Promises (1)

National Labor Relations Board nominee John Ring will submit a list of cases pending before the board that his law firm is involved in before lawmakers vote on his nomination next week, Ring said during a confirmation hearing on March 1.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and other panel Democrats asked Ring to provide the information following the conflict-of-interest investigation surrounding Member William Emanuel’s (R) participation in a controversial case on joint employer liability. The board recently scrapped its decision in the Hy-Brand case in response to an NLRB inspector general report finding that Emanuel should not have participated.

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