CPAW Applauds HELP Committee Vote, Welcomes Mayer’s Inclusion in Next En Bloc; Urges Swift Senate Confirmation to Restore NLRB Quorum and End Biden-Era Partisanship
Washington, D.C. — The Coalition to Protect American Workers (CPAW) applauds the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee for advancing Scott Mayer’s nomination to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). With Senate leadership adding Mayer to the next en bloc nominations package alongside James Murphy (Member) and Crystal Carey (General Counsel), we urge Majority Leader John Thune to bring that package to the floor and swiftly confirm all NLRB nominees so the Board can regain a quorum for the first time since the beginning of the year.
“For four years, Democrats turned the NLRB into a political instrument, an extension of their party’s agenda that empowered union leadership and drove money and support toward Democrat campaigns and causes,” said Gene Hamilton, Senior Advisor to CPAW. “Mayer’s advancement and inclusion in the next en bloc is a critical step toward restoring a Board that upholds the law and protects American workers. The Senate must finish the job: confirm Mayer, Murphy, and Carey without delay. American workers deserve a Board that protects secret-ballot elections, ensures they hear from unions and employers, and ends the partisan rules that keep workplaces in limbo.”
Acting now prevents another cycle of instability and returns the NLRB to consistent, predictable enforcement rather than the stop-start, politically motivated decision-making that dominated the Biden years and sidelined workers in favor of partisan interests.
The priorities CPAW urges the restored Board to take up immediately:
Cemex bargaining orders: Makes secret ballots the gold standard. The current Cemex standard allows bargaining orders without an election; a restored Board should prioritize clear, worker-controlled secret-ballot votes.
Captive Audience Restrictions: Reinstate voluntary, properly noticed meetings so workers can hear factual information from both union organizers and employers before making a decision.
Blocking charges: Roll back the 2024 Fair Choice–Employee Voice rule, which enables pending ULP charges, often weak or tactical, to delay representation and decertification elections for months. Elections should move forward unless there is serious, proven misconduct.
Union Salting: Strengthen transparency and guardrails on paid organizers seeking employment solely to run campaigns, ensuring workplace stability and protecting genuine worker choice.
“The HELP Committee has done its part. The Senate must now act to confirm the full slate so the NLRB can regain a quorum, clear its backlog, and end the partisan political games that defined the Biden-era Board,” added Hamilton.