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02_February 2, 2010
Labor Board Nominee Becker Seeks To Answer Critics At Hearing
The Wall Street Journal By: Patrick Yoest

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Craig Becker, who has seen his nomination to a key labor board stall in the Senate, on Tuesday sought to assuage concerns from Republicans and business groups that he would prove too much of a pro-union influence on the board.

Becker, a union lawyer who has served as counsel to the Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO, was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the five-member National Labor Relations Board.

Becker was already approved last year by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. But because Becker was never confirmed last year, the White ...