Executive Summary: It was probably not that surprising that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) decision in Southern New England Telephone Company, 1356 NLRB No. 118 (2011). Of all the controversial decisions issued by the NLRB since President Obama was able to appoint a majority of the members on the five?member Board, none may have been perceived as more hostile to the business community than this decision.
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