Trump advisers ignored right-to-work advocates’ advice
Trump advisers ignored right-to-work advocates’ advice 
President Donald Trump’s labor advisers ignored advice from the National Right to Work Committee not to select another management-side attorney for the NLRB, the group said today.
In a written statement, the pro-business group said it warned the White House that picking a management-side attorney to fill former Chairman Philip Miscimarra’s seat would open that person up to conflicts of interest — forcing recusals and allowing Democratic members of the board to keep the Obama administration’s pro-union decisions intact.
The White House apparently ignored the advice, nominating Morgan Lewis attorney John Ring.
“While the White House was considering whom to nominate to fill the NLRB vacancy, Committee officers counseled Trump staff members not to choose for the slot another management attorney who would have to recuse himself or herself potentially from vast numbers of cases involving clients of the attorney’s former employer,” the committee said. “This advice went unheeded.”
Ring’s nomination is especially problematic, the committee said, given the ethics questions surrounding NLRB member William Emanuel. The former Littler Mendelson attorney was recently the target of two inspector general reports, which concluded he should have recused himself from a case involving the joint employer standard. Emanuel has denied wrongdoing.
“If John Ring’s nomination is soon confirmed, as expected, then for the next year and a half two of the three NLRB members who aren’t profoundly biased in favor of forced unionism may have to recuse themselves from multiple cases,” said Matthew Leen, a National Right to Work Committee vice president. “Recusals could make it virtually impossible, until late 2019 or even 2020, for the board to revisit any more of the dozens of radical, precedent-smashing decisions issued by the Obama NLRB.”
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Source: POLITICO Pro