This letter just went to the members of the U.S. Senate:

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region, urges you to oppose the President’s nomination of Craig Becker to serve as a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

The Chamber does not take this step lightly. This is only the third time in more than 30 years that the Chamber has opposed a nominee to the Board, most recently the 1993 nomination of William B. Gould.

Mr. Becker has written prolifically about the National Labor Relations Act, the law he would be charged with interpreting and enforcing should he be confirmed. Many of the positions taken in his writings are well outside the mainstream and would disrupt years of established precedent and the delicate balance in current labor law. These positions have raised significant concerns in the employer community. Among those concerns are the extent to which Mr. Becker would restrictively interpret employers’ free speech rights and the extent to which he would seek to expand the use of intermittent strikes and other forms of work stoppages that disrupt the right of employers to maintain operations during labor disputes.

For these reasons, the Chamber urges you to oppose the nomination of Craig Becker to become a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. The Chamber may consider votes on, or in relation to, this nomination—including cloture—in our annual How They Voted
scorecard.

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