February 11, 2000 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rae Hudson 301-405-6334 or hudsonr@wam.umd.edu

Nation's Chief Labor Law Enforcement Officer Joins the School of Public Affairs

COLLEGE PARK, MD— Fred Feinstein, former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, has joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs as a Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor in the Office of Executive Programs. He will be conducting research and writing on labor issues, and developing executive education programs on such subjects as the challenge of adapting labor policy to new work environments. Feinstein stated, "During my time at the NLRB and previously when I worked on the Hill, I thought about the need for a place in the DC area devoted to the serious consideration of labor policy issues. The School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland seems like the perfect place to create such a space, which is just what I hope to do. I am excited about the challenge." During his nearly six year tenure as General Counsel, Mr. Feinstein was recognized for efforts to improve the administration of the National Labor Relations Act. He instituted a system for case prioritization and made significant progress in assuring the consistency in the timely conduct of elections for union representation. He received three "Hammer Awards" for these and other innovations in the operations of the Office of General Counsel. Before his appointment by President Clinton in 1994, Mr. Feinstein served for 17 years as Chief Labor Counsel and Staff Director of the U.S. House of Representatives Labor-Management Relations Subcommittee. Responsible for directing the consideration of labor legislation, Mr. Feinstein was lead staffer on the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act (which requires industry to provide advance notification of mass layoffs to employees and their families), and several efforts to amend the NLRA.Mr. Feinstein served as Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, conducting courses on Legislation. He was also an elementary public school teacher in East Harlem, New York in the early 70's. Mr. Feinstein received a J.D. from Rutgers Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from Swarthmore College.