Don Nickles: “I will oppose this nomination of William Gould as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. I do not do that with…”

“I will oppose this nomination of William Gould as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. I do not do that with a great deal of joy. I do not like opposing nominations and I have really opposed very few in my career in the Senate. But I believe that Professor Gould is one of the Nation's leading champions of radical labor law reform. I am really surprised that this administration would name as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board someone who has no hesitation whatsoever about giving labor union rights higher priority than the rights of individual employees and management. Madam President, Professor Gould has made clear in his writings his intent to alter long-established national labor policies. His most recent book, ``Agenda for Reform''--and I have a copy of that here today--is a manifesto on how he will redirect labor law for this country. The book contains several examples of the vision that William Gould has set forth, which are very troubling to me and should be very troubling to anybody if they believe in consistency in labor law and if they consider that this nominee is appointed to be Chairman of the NLRB.”