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NLRB confirmations secure Republican majority
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Please let us know if you have feedbackDive Brief:The U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed two nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, securing a 3-1 Republican majority.
Republican James Macy, a U.S. Department of Labor official, and Democrat David Prouty, were confirmed as part of a grouping of 74 nominations in a 51-47 vote.
“The confirmations continue President Trump’s reshaping of the NLRB,” according to a Friday blog post by employer-side law firm Ogletree Deakins.
“The timing of the new NLRB confirmations is significant in that it avoids a potential ‘quorum gap,’” Ogletree Deakins wrote.
In addition to the NLRB confirmations, the Senate also confirmed economist Brett Matsumoto to a four-year term as DOL’s Commissioner of Labor Statistics.