Labor Board Furloughs ‘Likely’ Absent More Cash, Agency Says (1)

The National Labor Relations Board will likely furlough its employees if the agency is unable to secure a funding increase, even as staffers are swamped by a surging workload, NLRB leaders told congressional appropriators.

The NLRB has received the same $274 million budget since fiscal year 2014, even as inflation has reduced its purchasing power by 25% over the last nine years, Chair Lauren McFerran and General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said Friday in a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees that oversee the agency’s funding.

Additional funding is needed for fiscal year 2023 just to maintain current operations, ...