Ethics Questions Await Biden’s Federal Labor Board Nominee

The Biden administration’s pick to join the National Labor Relations Board could find herself in a position to help former union clients who took on McDonald’s Corp. in a high-profile board case—thanks to a relaxed ethics precedent from the Trump era.

NLRB nominee, Gwynne Wilcox, represented the union-backed Fight for $15 group that accused the fast-food giant of labor law violations in the biggest joint employer liability case in the agency’s history. If she wins confirmation, she’ll be part of an eventual Democratic board majority with the power to remake the legal test for joint employment to benefit workers ...