NEW YORK’S LABOR LAW asserting state authority over private-sector labor disputes and signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) earlier this month is the target of a soon-to-be-filed lawsuit from the general counsel’s office for the National Labor Relations Board.
- Supporters of the New York measure designed it as a response to the NLRB’s lack of a quorum after President Donald Trump fired Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox.
- The law also addressed concern that labor unions might have a hard time getting their unfair labor practice charges adjudicated. Similar legislation is pending in California and Massachusetts.
- The general counsel’s office is likely ...