Committee to Vote on NLRB Pick John Ring on Feb. 14

John Ring, the Trump administration's nominee for the last remaining seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), will have a committee vote on Feb. 14, according to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), reports the Washington Examiner . "Last year, our committee worked to confirm two nominees to the National Labor Relations Board with the hope of restoring it to the neutral umpire it was intended to be," Alexander said. "We have seen a return to balance in labor law through the Board's recent decisions to overturn the Obama-era 'joint-employer' standard and micro-union rule, and confirming John Ring will continue that trend." A former attorney with Morgan Lewis, Ring would assume the seat of former NLRB Chairman Philip Miscimarra, who resigned in December. Ring's confirmation would return the NLRB to a 3 to 2 Republican majority. In 2017, the Senate confirmed three other Trump choices to the NLRB, including former GOP House staffer Marvin Kaplan to an open seat, business attorney Bill Emanuel to another open seat, and private-sector lawyer Peter Robb as general council. Trump also appointed Kaplan board chairman following Miscimarra's resignation. In the Obama years the NLRB was reputed for pro-union activism, which the Trump administration and congressional GOP have been keen to reverse.