Labor Board Gridlock

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Labor Board Gridlock
National Labor Relations Board Chairman Wilma B. Liebman and Peter Carey Schaumber, a longtime board member and former chairman, left, meet in a conference room at NLRB headquarters in Washington, Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. This independent federal agency enforces the National Labor Relations Act and keeps accord among unions and private sector employers, deciding such questions as whether employers forbid employees from using the company's e-mail system to send union-related messages. But such matters are going nowhere since January 2008, since the board has had one lonely Democrat, one lonely Republican and a political stalemate over three empty seats, which need to be appointed by the White House and confirmed on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)