Oral history interview with Wilma B. Liebman, 2020
Abstract
Wilma Liebman discusses her service as a member, and then chair, of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), from 1997 to 2011. Liebman outlines about the contents and political context of the Employee Free Choice Act, for which organized labor advocated, but which ultimately failed to pass Congress. Liebman describes the rulemaking and adjudication of the Board during this period, providing deta ils about high profile cases including complaints involving Boeing, Specialty Healthcare, and American Medical Response. Liebman also reflects on the recent American history of organized labor, and comments on the Republican opposition to NLRB during her board membership
Presidents--United States; Labor unions--Organizing--United States; Labor unions--History--United States; Liebman, Wilma B; Obama, Barack; Boeing Aircraft Company Complaints against; American Medical Response Complaints against; United States National Labor Relations Board; United States; National Labor Relations Act
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
72 pages
Note (Biographical)
Wilma Liebman served as chair of the National Labor Relations Board during the Obama administration. She was first appointed to the Board as a member by President Bill Clinton, and was reappointed by President George W. Bush. As chair, she called for Congress to update and revise the National Labor Relations Act, which has not undergone any fundamental revisions since 1947. After she resigned from the NLRB, following the expiration of her term as chair, she became a visiting assistant professor in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Note
Interviewed by Dov Weinryb Grohsgal on September 8, 2020. This interview is part of the Columbia University: Obama Presidency Oral History.
Note (Provenance)
Wilma B. Liebman, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2022