Delays Filling NLRB Result in Case Backlog.

The article reports that the U.S. Senate has yet to confirm two candidates for seats on the five-member National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). NLRB has been down two members since December 2004. One case in that backlog stems from a 2002 Supreme Court ruling involving BE&K Construction Co., Birmingham, Alabama. The justices rejected the labor relation board's standard for finding retaliatory motive in a non-meritorious case and directed the board to issue a new standard for employer lawsuits against labor unions.