Wilcox Wins Second Labor Board Term With Senate Confirmation (2)

Gwynne Wilcox will return to the National Labor Relations Board after the Senate confirmed her nomination.

Senators voted 51-48 Wednesday to let Wilcox resume serving on the five-member board that administers federal labor law. The confirmation vote followed a narrow 50-49 tally to invoke cloture.

The vote broke down largely along party lines, with a few exceptions: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) opposed Wilcox, while Alaska Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan supported her. Sullivan had voted against cloture.

“I’m delighted that Congress has voted to reconfirm Gwynne Wilcox for a second term on the Board,” NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran ...