Trump Nominates Pearce for Third Term on Labor Board (1)

President Donald Trump has nominated Mark Gaston Pearce (D) for another term on the National Labor Relations Board.

Republicans retain the majority of seats on the five-member partisan panel, which gives the party greater discretion over workplace policy coming from the NLRB. But Pearce’s renomination is nonetheless a significant and surprising victory for worker advocates and Democrats. The White House made the move despite sharp and near-unanimous criticism of Pearce by Republicans and the business community, and an established practice of leaving seats open in order for an administration to keep their party’s majority.

“Practically speaking, the renomination will have ...