WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed two candidates to be members of the National Labor Relations Board, breaking a stalement that has disrupted the labor board’s ability to resolve labor-management disputes.
Those winning Senate confirmation were Mark Pearce, a union lawyer who already serves on the NLRB in a temporary capacity, and Brian Hayes, the Republican labor policy director on the Senate committee that oversees labor issues. The NLRB is supposed to have five members, but until April this year it had only two.
The Supreme Court last week ruled that more than 500 NLRB decisions will have to be reopened because they were decided by only two members.
President Barack Obama in April made two temporary appointments to the board, including Pearce.
