Next week U.S. Chamber of Commerce chief Tom Donohue will be making the Chamber’s big State of American Business Address. The group is turning 100 and in the past century American business has certainly transformed. One area unfortunately that continues to still be the same old story is the battle between big labor and companies.

Recently, Mike Eastman, executive director of Labor Law Policy for the Chamber, gave us the Chamber's view of recent appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.

LL: The President made the announcement on Wednesday the recess appointment of NLRB. This move sidestepped the Senate approvals but there are legal authorities saying the GOP in the Senate used Pro Form sessions (a brief meeting on the floor of the Senate) to avoid recess. What does the Chamber think of the appointment?

ME: The NLRB’s credibility has suffered greatly during this administration due to an aggressive agenda favoring the unions. The president could have chosen to work with the Senate and stakeholders to see if a package of nominees could be confirmed that would help restore the agency’s independence and credibility. Instead, today’s steps will simply further poison the well with regard to labor-management issues pending in front of the Board and on Capitol Hill.

LL: What do you think about the timing of these nominations?

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