Nov. 26, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging Senate Republicans to block the appointment of Lauren McFerran to once again chair the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB):
“President Joe Biden is engaged in an end of presidency power play to keep Democrat control over the National Labor Relations Board by pushing a renewal of current chair Lauren McFerran to another term. Senate Republicans should do everything in their power to stop this power play and allow newly elected President Donald Trump to name the next Chairperson.
“Among the absurd decisions made by McFerran’s NLRB, a company fired two employees for covering up a surveillance camera and making a threatening joke about another employee’s sexual orientation. Both fired employees admitted to their actions. Yet, McFerran’s NLRB ruled the firing illegal because the employees had in the past engaged in union organizing activity.
“The decision was overturned in federal court which called it ‘nonsense’.
“Another of many examples of McFerran putting the whole weight of her body on the side of protecting repulsive behavior occurred in the Liam Elastomers case where employees involved in union organizing activity were protected from discipline or discharge even if they have engaged in racist, sexist and/or profane behavior in the workplace. Apparently in McFerran world, being a racist lout disrupting the workplace is allowable so long as you can contend that you are a union organizer.
“Adjusting to the ebbs and flows of American politics are normal in D.C. It is not surprising that the outgoing Biden administration would attempt to hamstring their successor by locking in appointees during the succession.
“However, it would be unconscionable if Senate Republicans failed to show up to work in the lame duck session, allowing the Biden administration to subvert the Trump administration through the confirmation of leadership to important policy making bodies like the NLRB.
“Americans for Limited Government strongly urges the Senate to stop the McFerran nomination. Donald Trump won the election and Donald Trump should appoint the next Chair of the National Labor Relations Board.”
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