A BUCKET OF CRAP JUST PASSED ME BY IN RIGHT-TO-WORK TEXAS, CAN I COLLECT $4.1 MILLION DOLLARS?

A BUCKET OF CRAP JUST PASSED ME BY IN RIGHT-TO-WORK TEXAS, CAN I COLLECT $4.1 MILLION DOLLARS?

July 31, 2013, Crain's Chicago

(AP) — A Chicago attorney has been named to fill a seat on the five-member National Labor Relations Board.

Philip A. Miscimarra of the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is among three Democrats and two Republicans approved to serve on the NLRB, which helps resolve labor disputes.

Without confirmation of at least one of them before Congress' recess, much of the NLRB's work would have ground to a halt by late August. That is when NLRB Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce's current five-year term expires, which would leave the agency with just two members — short of the three legally needed for it to conduct business.

"I applaud the Senate for putting in place a full board and look forward to working together on other steps we can take to grow our economy," President Barack Obama said in a written statement that put an optimistic face on upcoming battles with Congress over taxes and spending.

Besides renewing Pearce for another five-year term, senators also confirmed Democrats Kent Hirozawa and Nancy Schiffer, who both have long experience as labor lawyers, to the NLRB. Miscimarra is one of two Republicans approved who have worked with employers on labor issues; the other is Harry I. Johnson III.