President Donald Trump has tapped a third Republican for the National Labor Relations Board, a move that signals the administration’s intent to revisit Biden-era labor policy.
Trump nominated James Macy to fill the spot of former chair Marvin Kaplan, the White House said Monday. Macy is currently the director for the Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs and previously served as the acting administrator for the Wage and Hour Division, according to the DOL’s website.
If confirmed by the US Senate, Macy’s nomination could indicate a shift for the labor board—currently made up of two Republicans and one Democrat—which has mostly avoided overturning union-friendly precedent from the Biden administration. Long-standing board tradition requires three votes in the affirmative to overturn precedent.
The panel’s Republican majority declined to revisit a Biden-era severance policy last week because it lacked a third vote to do so.
Trump on Monday also renominated David Prouty, the panel’s sole Democrat, for a second five-year term. If confirmed, Macy’s term would expire in August 2030, while Prouty’s would end in August 2031.
A spokesperson for the NLRB didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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