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n a move that will swing the pendulum from union-to-business friendly faster than some expected, the Senate yesterday narrowly voted against advancing President Joe Biden’s nominee, Lauren McFerran, the current Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), for another te
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. The vote was 49-50, with independent Senators Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) joining Republicans in opposition. After McFerran’s term expires later this month, President-elect Donald Trump can install a Republican majority and potentially turn the NLRB into a business-friendly administrative a
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nions The rejection of McFerran’s nomination is a gut punch to unions and Biden’s