Labor Board Officials Have ‘Grave’ Concerns About Restructuring

The federal labor board’s regional directors are expressing “grave” concerns about a proposal by the agency’s new general counsel to reorganize regional field offices and curb their power, according to a letter obtained by Bloomberg Law.

“You are suggesting very major changes, and we have not heard an explanation of the benefits to be gained from these changes,” a group of National Labor Relations Board regional directors wrote in the letter, sent to NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb (R) last week.

Robb, who was appointed by President Donald Trump and became general counsel in late 2016, told the board’s 26 ...