We applaud President Obama for making nominations to fill three vacancies on the 11-seat U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

The D.C. Circuit is extremely important to working families. The court hears more significant labor-related cases – workplace safety cases, wage and hour cases, unfair labor practice cases, and other regulatory cases -- than any other circuit court of appeals. Sometimes its rulings have sweeping and dramatic impact, as we have seen recently with the court’s decision on President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, a decision that calls into question decades of tradition and hundreds of appointments by presidents of both parties, and that has created chaos and hardship for working people in the enforcement of their rights under our labor law.

With so much on the line for working people we urge the Senate to move expeditiously to confirm these nominees.

Contact:  Josh Goldstein (202) 637-5018