NLRB Faces Hefty Case Backlog as New Members Formally Join Board

The National Labor Relations Board can now tackle a backlog of hundreds of cases following the official swearing in of two new Republican members nearly three weeks after they won Senate confirmation.

Members James Murphy, a former NLRB lawyer who returned from retirement to serve on the board, and Scott Mayer, most recently Boeing Co.'s chief labor counsel, joined Democrat David Prouty to give the board the quorum of members needed to issue rulings. The two new members were sworn in Wednesday.

The agency didn’t announce who will serve as chair, a position that’s been vacant since previous Chair Marvin ...