Biden Moves to Extend Labor Board Chief as He Courts Unions (1)

President Joe Biden is nominating US National Labor Relations Board Chair Lauren McFerran for a new five-year term, moving to lock in the Democrat ahead of the 2024 election.

Reconfirming McFerran this year would ensure Democrats retain a majority on the labor board, even if the party loses control of the White House or US Senate in the November election. Biden appointed McFerran as NLRB chair on his first day in office and on her watch, the agency has issued major union-friendly rulings.

Biden is also nominating Chicago-based labor lawyer Joshua Ditelberg to a Republican seat vacated by John Ring ...