The Trump administration’s nominees to fill one of four empty National Labor Relations Board seats and for the agency’s top lawyer won approval from a Senate panel.
But a critical second board nominee wasn’t considered, likely delaying the agency from regaining a functioning quorum.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee endorsed James Murphy, a longtime NLRB staffer who came out of retirement to become a board member, and Crystal Carey, a management-side attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP tapped to be general counsel. The nominees were approved Thursday on party-line votes, clearing their way for a confirmation ...
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