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 July 1… Read More »