Workforce Fairness Institute launches petition drive against Becker recess appointment

In a victory for American workers, the US Senate voted not to approve Craig Becker, President Obama's choice to serve on the National Labor Relations Board. A onetime attorney for SEIU, Becker has written favorably of government agencies forcing pro-union and jobs-killing policies such as card check into law.

As our economy struggles to emerge from a brutal recession, an imperious imposition of card check would send a message to business--that now is not the time to hire new workers.

Meanwhile, there is an online petition drive regarding the possibility that President Obama might still force Becker upon the NLRB.

Washington, D.C. (February 11, 2010) – The Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) today launched a national petition drive in an effort to send a message to President Barack Obama that he should not proceed with a recess appointment of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), particularly in light of the bipartisan vote against this extreme and activist nominee:

"The bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate against Craig Becker sent a message that our nation's top job creators – small businesses – come before union bosses and their job-killing policies," said Katie Packer, executive director of the Workforce Fairness Institute. "While there are certainly instances where a recess appointment is appropriate, the appointment of Craig Becker is not one of them. President Obama should understand that a recess appointment of Becker to the National Labor Relations Board would be a complete contradiction to the jobs message he delivered during the State of the Union address and serve as a slap in the face to courageous Senators, including members of his own party, who opposed this nomination."

To view the Workforce Fairness Institute's petition, click here.

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