5th Circuit: General Counsel Not Entitled To Same Removal Protections As NLRB

Mealey's (May 5, 2022, 7:40 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The National Labor Relations Board general counsel is not entitled to the same protections from removal as members of the NLRB, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 22 in an opinion in which it denied an employer’s petition for review of an NLRB order finding that the employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it refused to bargain with the union following a representation election....