(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has voted 51-to-47, along party lines, to confirm James Macy and reconfirm David Prouty to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The move hands MAGA a 3-1 majority and clears the way for the Capitalist Class to dismantle several key Pro-Worker rulings issued by the NLRB during the Biden Administration.

Macy, a Republican and former U.S. Department of Labor Official with a four-decade career representing management in labor disputes, joins Chairman James Murphy and Member Scott Mayer on the Republican side.

Prouty, a former Union Lawyer first nominated by President Joe Biden in 2021, remains the Board’s sole Democratic member.

One seat on the five-Member Board remains vacant, but the Anti-Union majority is now secured.

Labor and its allies, led by the United Electrical Workers (UE), are sounding the alarm that hard-won protections are now in great jeopardy.

For instance, it takes three votes for the NLRB to overturn prior precedent.

With the balance of power now in their favor, the new MAGA majority’s primary targets are rulings that shifted even marginal power back toward Workers and their Unions.

Until Macy’s confirmation, only three Members were seated, meaning Murphy and Mayer could not reach the threshold required to reverse past decisions.

According to the UE, for the seven months since the Board regained its quorum on January 7th, Murphy and Mayer have been adding footnotes to rulings flagging precedents they want to reconsider once a third Republican vote existed.

Journalist Matt Bruenig, who tracks NLRB developments on his Substack, identified 28 rulings across areas including Union Elections, remedies for management misconduct, workplace rules, bargaining duties and the legal definitions of employer and Employee.

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