Union Card Check: Recess Appointment

On March 27, 2010, President Obama installed Becker on the NLRB as a recess appointment, ignoring the Senate. It was powerful proof of the Obama administration's astonishing disregard for Congress, the American people, and the legislative process. Congress emphatically rejected card check by the front door (EFCA legislation) and by the back door (Becker's intention of implementing it without a vote of Congress is largely why the Senate blocked his confirmation). Obama’s double bypass of Congress by recess-appointing Becker was a huge slap in the face to the American people, the Democratic process, Congress, and, most of all, the workers who may now be forced into unions against their consent.