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What do you do when your job is to enforce federal labor law but your employer is resorting to the same tactics you are employed to fight? You ask for his resignation. That is the case for employees of the National Labor Relations Board who are engaged in a battle for their bargaining rights against National Labor Relations Board General Counsel, Ronald Meisburg. The employees of the NLRB are represented by the NLRB Union and on Wednesday they held informational pickets. In 2005 the union sought to consolidate four employee groups into one bargaining unit. The Federal Labor Relations Authority agreed with the consolidation and the Union was certified to bargain for the 1000 NLRB employees. Following the vote, Meisburg sent out an email in which he said he would not bargain with the NLRBU and would instead tie the dispute up in Federal Circuit Courts – a process that could take years to work out. Meisburg was a recess appointment of President George W. Bush in January of 2006. The Senate eventually confirmed his appointment in August of 2006.