Key Vote Alert: Reject the Renomination of Lauren McFerran to the NLRB
Dear Senator,
On behalf of Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s largest grassroots organization, we urge you to listen to the American people and allow the duly elected President and Senate to appoint the next members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and reject the nomination of Lauren McFerran.
Under Ms. McFerran’s leadership during the Biden-Harris Administration, the NLRB has advanced a destructive and legally questionable labor law regime. It has not only been rejected by Congress and the courts but also overwhelmingly rejected by the American people when President Donald Trump won 312 electoral college votes and the popular vote in last month’s election. At the same time, the American people also ended the Democratic Senate majority. This lame-duck Administration and Senate majority should not be permitted to extend their failed policies via the NLRB majority deep into President Trump’s term – until August 2026 – and deprive him of an appointment to the Board by reconfirming Ms. McFerran.
The Biden-Harris NLRB majority led by Lauren McFerran has repeatedly prioritized special interests over the rights of workers and employers alike, perverting the intent of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Most notably, the Board attempted to eliminate secret ballot union elections, allowing unions to be certified via “card-check” authorization, which has subjected workers to well-documented instances of harassment and intimidation by union organizers. The NLRB has also sought to undermine freelance work despite statistics that show more than 80% of freelancers prefer their independent status to traditional employment and they attempted to eliminate small business franchising as we know it. This is a critical component of entrepreneurial opportunity that employs nearly 9 million Americans and facilitates nearly $900 billion of economic activity. The Biden-Harris NLRB led by Lauren McFerran even went as far as to prevent employers in some instances from protecting their employees from racist, sexist, or other discriminatory language in the workplace – if it occurred in the context of union activity.
The lame-duck Senate should not facilitate the entrenchment of failed and rejected labor policies deep into the new Administration by reconfirming Lauren McFerran to the NLRB. President Trump’s past nominees to the Board had a strong track record of properly interpreting the NLRA and facilitating a successful labor law environment. He must be given the opportunity to create this environment once again.
On behalf of millions of workers and taxpayers, we strongly urge you to reject the renomination of Lauren McFerran to the National Labor Relations Board.
This vote will be recorded in our legislative scorecard.
Sincerely,
Brent Gardner
Chief Government Affairs Officer
Americans for Prosperity
