Wilma B. Liebman is an American lawyer and civil servant who is best known for serving as a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). She was designated chair of the board by President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, becoming only the second woman to lead the NLRB.
Wilma B. Liebman testifying on December 13, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor.
Union members picket outside the NLRB in November 2007, a protest which worried then-member Liebman.
National Labor Relations Board
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent agency of the federal government of the United States that enforces U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, the NLRB has the authority to supervise elections for labor union representation and to investigate and remedy unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of protected concerted activity.
J. Warren Madden (left), Nathan Witt, and Charles Fahy (right) reviewing documents before a congressional hearing on December 13, 1937
Plaque on the exterior of 1099 14th Street NW in Washington, D.C., the NLRB headquarters as of 2013
Union members picketing NLRB rulings outside the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters in November 2007
J. Warren Madden, the first chairman of the NLRB, working at his desk at the NLRB in Washington, D.C., in June 1937
