The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent agency of the federal government of the United States with responsibilities for enforcing U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 it supervises elections for labor union representation and can investigate and remedy unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of protected concerted activity. The NLRB is governed by a five-person board and a General Counsel,all of whom are appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. Board members are appointed to five-year terms and the General Counsel is appointed to a four-year term. The General Counsel acts as a prosecutor and the Board acts as an appellate quasi-judicial body from decisions of administrative law judges.
Fred Fisher Fielding is an American lawyer. He held the office of White House Counsel for US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush in addition to serving as an Associate and Deputy White House Counsel for Richard Nixon under John Dean. Fielding was also of counsel to the presidential transition of Donald Trump and a member of the 9/11 Commission. An alumnus of Gettysburg College,he is the namesake of that school's Fielding Center for Presidential Leadership Study.
Nathan Witt,born Nathan Wittowsky,was an American lawyer who is best known as being the Secretary of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from 1937 to 1940. He resigned from the NLRB after his communist political beliefs were exposed,and he was accused of manipulating the Board's policies to favor his own political leanings. He was also investigated several times in the late 1940s and 1950s for being a spy for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. No evidence of espionage was ever found.
Morgan,Lewis &Bockius LLP is an American multinational law firm with approximately 2,200 legal professionals in 31 offices across North America,Europe,Asia,and the Middle East. Mergers with other law firms stimulated global growth and led to a ranking of eighth on The American Lawyer's 2018 top 100 firms by gross revenue list. It is also the largest law firm chaired by a woman,and represents "three-quarters of the Fortune 100 companies."
John Mills Houston was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 5th congressional district of Kansas from 1935 to 1943. He was also a member of the National Labor Relations Board from 1943 to 1953,originally appointed by Franklin Roosevelt.
George W. Taylor was a professor of industrial relations at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania,and is credited with founding the academic field of study known as industrial relations. He served in several capacities in the federal government,most notably as a mediator and arbitrator. During his career,Taylor settled more than 2,000 strikes.
Howard Marc Radzely is an American lawyer who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Labor from December 19,2007 through February 2,2009.
Peter N. Kirsanow is a partner with the law firm of Benesch,Friedlander,Coplan &Aronoff,working within its Labor &Employment Practice Group in Cleveland,Ohio. He is a black civil-rights commissioner and a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights,serving his fourth consecutive 6-year term,which he was reappointed to by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in December 2019. He is the longest-serving member among the current commission. He was previously a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from January 2006 to January 2008.
Lloyd Kirkham Garrison was an American lawyer. He was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School,but also served as chairman of the "first" National Labor Relations Board,chairman of the National War Labor Board,and chair of the New York City Board of Education. He was active in a number of social causes,was a highly successful attorney on Wall Street,and for a short time was a special assistant to the United States Attorney General.
Paul M. Herzog was an American lawyer,educator,civil servant,and university administrator. He was chairman of the United States National Labor Relations Board from 1945 to 1953.
John Harold Fanning was an American lawyer and member of the National Labor Relations Board for a record 25 years. He was the Board's Chair from 1977 to 1981.
Joseph Warren Madden was an American lawyer,judge,civil servant,and educator. He served as a judge of the United States Court of Claims and was the first Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. He received the Medal of Freedom in 1947.
Harold Craig Becker,known professionally as Craig Becker,is an American labor attorney,a former member of the National Labor Relations Board,and currently the General Counsel of the AFL–CIO.
Wilma B. Liebman is an American lawyer and civil servant who is best known for serving as a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). She was designated chair of the board by President Barack Obama on January 20,2009,becoming only the second woman to lead the NLRB.
James A. Gross is an American educator and historian who teaches United States labor law and labor history at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He is the author of a highly regarded three-volume history of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and is considered the leading historian of the NLRB.
Roman Popadiuk is an American diplomat of Ukrainian descent. Popadiuk served as the first United States Ambassador to Ukraine under George H. W. Bush,from 1992 to 1993. From 2015 until 2017,he was a principal at Morgan,Lewis &Bockius LLP's subsidiary Morgan Lewis Consulting,and prior to 2015 he was the principal at Bingham Consulting. Since late 2018 Popadiuk has been the president of the Diplomacy Center Foundation which oversees the development of the National Museum of American Diplomacy.
Harry Alvin Millis was an American civil servant,economist,and educator and who was prominent in the first four decades of the 20th century. He was a prominent educator,and his writings on labor relations were described at his death by several prominent economists as "landmarks". Millis is best known for serving on the "first" National Labor Relations Board,an executive-branch agency which had no statutory authority. He was also the second chairman of the "second" National Labor Relations Board,where he initiated a number of procedural improvements and helped stabilize the Board's enforcement of American labor law.
John Cushman Truesdale Jr. was an American lawyer and civil servant who served two terms as executive secretary of the National Labor Relations Board,four terms as a board member,and one term as board chair.
John F. Ring is a corporate lawyer and former government official. Ring was a member of the National Labor Relations Board from 2018 to 2022,serving as chair from 2018 to 2021. He was formerly co-chair of the labor and employment law practice at Morgan,Lewis &Bockius,a pro-management law firm,where his practice included representing employers in collective bargaining,labor contracts,multi-employer benefit funds,and corporate restructurings.
