Craig Becker, who had been a recess-appointee to the National
Labor Relations Board, is returning to the AFL-CIO  where he
will be co-general counsel.  His 2010 appointment to the NLRB
bypassed Senate confirmation and riled Republicans, who had
opposed his nomination; along with business groups, they accused
Mr. Becker of being a union radical who wouldn’t fairly serve
the interests of employers.  Mr. Becker will join AFL-CIO
General Counsel Lynn Rhinehart in leading “a powerhouse legal
program to protect and promote the interests of working men and
women,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a statement
Tuesday. He called Mr. Becker a “brilliant lawyer  and creative
thinker with deep experience in labor law, litigation and
organizing.”  Before the NLRB, Mr. Becker was an associate
general counsel to both the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees
International Union. Since leaving the NLRB early this year, he
has been a visiting professor at Georgetown University’s law
school. He will start his new position