Error Swearing in NLRB Democrat Draws GOP Heat on Agency Actions

Republican members of the House and Senate labor committees criticized federal labor board Chair Lauren McFerran (D) for not promptly disclosing an error related to member David Prouty’s swearing-in this summer, setting up a partisan battle over Prouty’s actions during his first days in office.

Prouty, a Democrat, was sworn in as a member of the National Labor Relations Board on the morning of Aug. 28, but it wasn’t until Sept. 22 that President Joe Biden signed Prouty’s presidential commission, according to a letter McFerran sent to members of Congress on Oct. 8. The presidential commission is a document presidents ...