Ernest W. DuBester explained

Ernie DuBester
Office:	Chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority
President:	Joe Biden
Term Start:	January 21, 2021
Term End:	January 3, 2023
Predecessor:	Colleen Kiko
Successor:	Susan Tsui Grundmann
President1:	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Term Start1:	January 5, 2017
Term End1:	January 25, 2017
Predecessor1:	Carol Waller Pope
Successor1:	Patrick Pizzella (acting)
President2:	Barack Obama
Term Start2:	January 15, 2013
Term End2:	November 12, 2013
Predecessor2:	Carol Waller Pope
Successor2:	Carol Waller Pope
Office3:	Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority
President3:	Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden
Term Start3:	August 17, 2009
Term End3:	January 3, 2023
Predecessor3:	Dale Cabaniss (seat 1) Carol Waller Pope (seat 2)
Successor3:	Colleen Kiko (seat 1) Anne Wagner (seat 2)
Birth Name:	Ernest William DuBester
Birth Date:	4 September 1950
Birth Place:	Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Party:	Democratic
Spouse:	Karen Kremer
Education:	Boston College (BA) Catholic University (JD) Georgetown University (LLM)

Ernest William "Ernie" DuBester^[1] (born September 4, 1950) is an American lawyer, academic, and government official who has served as a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority from 2009 to 2023.^[2] He began his career at the National Labor Relations Board as counsel to former chairman and member John H. Fanning. DuBester was also a union attorney with the firm of Highsaw & Mahoney, and legislative counsel to the AFL–CIO. From 1993 to 2001, he was chairman and member at the National Mediation Board. From 2001 to 2005, DuBester was the professor and director of the Dispute Resolution Program at the Antonin Scalia Law School.^[3] ^[4]

He served as chair of the FLRA in 2013, 2017, and from 2021 to 2023.^[5] ^[6] He was nominated for a new term as FLRA member but his nomination expired at the end of the 117th Congress and was not resubmitted to the Senate.^[6] ^[7]

External links

Biography at U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority

Notes and References

https://archive.org/details/gov.gpo.fdsys.CHRG-111shrg53117/page/n41 Nominations of Hon. Ernest W. DuBester, Julia Akins Clark, and Rafael Borras: Hearing Before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session : Nominations of Hon. Ernest W. DuBester to Be a Member, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Julia Akins Clark to Be General Counsel, Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Rafael Borras to Be Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security, July 29, 2009, page 38
News: Smith. Ralph. DuBester Renominated for FLRA. December 14, 2017. FedSmith. October 3, 2017. December 14, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171214182524/https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/10/03/dubester-renominated-flra/. dead.
News: President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts. https://web.archive.org/web/20171002190647/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/30/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key . dead . October 2, 2017 . December 14, 2017. The White House. September 30, 2017.
News: Zuckerman. Laurence . Five Questions for Ernest W. DuBester; In Defense Of the Oldest Labor Law. December 14, 2017. The New York Times. July 1, 2001.
ERNEST DUBESTER DESIGNATED FLRA CHAIRMAN . January 5, 2017 . Federal Labor Relations Authority . November 17, 2023.
Web site: The Federal Labor Relations Authority Is Now Ideologically Deadlocked After Its Chairman's Term Expired . Government Executive . January 4, 2023 . November 17, 2023.
Web site: PN1598 — Ernest W. DuBester — Federal Labor Relations Authority 117th Congress (2021-2022) . US Congress . January 3, 2023 . November 17, 2023.