Punching In: Wilcox’s Recusal List Omits Client in Big NLRB Case

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Robert Iafolla: New NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox’s recusal list doesn’t include a former client that’s trying to revive the agency’s joint employer case against McDonald’s Corp., keeping the door open—just a crack—for another ethics controversy at the labor board.

Wilcox, one of two Democratic members appointed to the National Labor Relations Board by the Biden administration, had represented Fight for $15 in the case but stopped appearing on the union-backed worker advocacy group’s filings three years ago. She did ...