Watching the Watcher: Labor Board Inspector’s Conduct Questioned (1)

A government oversight agency should review the labor board inspector general’s handling of a recent ethics probe involving a Republican board member, a conservative advocacy group said March 29.

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation says Inspector General David Berry divulged confidential information about board deliberations in the Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors case as part of his investigation of Member William Emanuel (R). The group is asking the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to consider whether Berry violated ethics standards by including information about the board’s decision making process in the report, which became public ...