NLRB nomination: Gwynne Wilcox
The President has nominated Gwynne Wilcox to fill a vacant seat at the National Labor Relations Board.
Wilcox is a partner at the New York City law firm Levy Ratner, where she represents unions and employees. She is associate general counsel of 1199SEIU – a local of the Service Employees International Union.
She previously worked as an NLRB field attorney in New York.
She is a graduate of Syracuse University (B.A., 1974) and Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 1978).
The NLRB currently is made up of three Republicans and one Democrat, with one vacancy. If Wilcox is confirmed by the Senate, Republicans will still be in the majority. Another seat will open up in August, which will make room for one more Democrat appointee.
But politics being what it is these days, there is no telling whether the President can get his nominees confirmed by the Senate.
Meanwhile, here's a video in which I make some predictions about changes to expect from a Democrat-controlled NLRB.