Hospital Chain Flouts NLRB Order After Court Ruling On Recess Appointments

Hospital Chain Flouts NLRB Order After Court Ruling On Recess Appointments: Last week’s radical federal appeals court ruling that called into question hundreds of presidential recess appointments made over the last 150 years is already taking a toll. While the decision finding unconstitutional President Obama’s appointment last January of three members to the National Labor Relations Board invalidated just one particular NLRB decision, a hospital chain declared this [...]/p

Court Ruling on Labor Board a Bid to Return to Era of Open Season on Workers | Common Dreams

Court Ruling on Labor Board a Bid to Return to Era of Open Season on Workers | Common Dreams
"The appeals court ruling Friday overturning President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board is a huge gift to Wall Street, big corporations and the politicians they control who have worked for years to overturn protections for working people in the U.S.

In healthcare the implications are especially insidious. It is a clear assault on the ability of nurses to act collectively to improve safety standards and public protections for patients. If nurses are unable to speak out for patients and act together to safeguard conditions, all patients are threatened in an era in which most hospital employers place their bottom line above patient safety."