Federal panel expected to reverse course from a pro-worker agenda under President Joe Biden.
California Congressman Ro Khanna, District 17, talks to reporters and editors with Yvonne Inciarte, Senior Advisor for Legislative Outreach, at the Mercury News office in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, June 20, 2024. took aim at his own party this week, accusing Democrats in the U.S. Senate of a bumbling failure to secure a majority on the federal board that safeguards workers’ rights to form unions and negotiate collectively for contracts with employers.
Khanna, who has represented California’s 17th congressional district since 2017, isn’t the only one who sees huge ramifications for the shift in power on the board. But amid this boost in union interest, in mid-December, Democratic labor-relations board chair Lauren McFerran’s term was about to expire. Re-nominating McFerran and forging a two-year Democratic majority on the board should have been easy, Khanna suggested, since Sen. Bernie Sanders had already cleared it.Four days before McFerran’s term was to end, Senate Democrats had a chance to push through a nomination vote for her, setting the stage for her confirmation via a second vote, Khanna said.
With another board seat open, Trump will get to appoint two Republicans after his inauguration, Jacobs said. Bitter unionization fights pitting workers against Starbucks and Amazon have also played out before the board, which in December alone sided with Starbucks employees in four disputes over union organizing and wage discussions. In November, the board found Amazon had engaged in anti-labor practices, including threats to withhold raises and benefit-improvements during Amazon workers’ collective bargaining.
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