Top Five Labor Law Developments for February 2019

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Mark Gaston Pearce has withdrawn his name from consideration for another term on the Board. Pearce reportedly explained his decision by stating it felt best to “remove myself from the center of a political tug of war.” Pearce’s nomination had stalled in the U.S. Senate, which ended its last term without voting on the re-nomination. Many were surprised when President Donald Trump re-nominated Pearce, who had drawn criticism from business groups for a perceived anti-business bias during his tenure on the Board. Until Trump selects a new Democratic nominee for the five-member Board, the NLRB will continue to have a 3-1 Republican majority.