Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Need To Confirm NLRB Nominees To Protect Workers’ Rights

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor after filing cloture on the nominations of Lauren McFerran and Joshua Ditelberg to serve as  members of the National Labor Relations Board last night, setting up cloture votes on these nominations Wednesday. The NLRB is essential to for protecting workers’ rights, so employees can speak up for better pay, stronger protections, and the right to organize without retaliation. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

We will continue the work of confirming more nominations this week. Last night, I filed cloture on the nominations of Lauren McFerran and Joshua Ditelberg to sit on the National Labor Relations Board.

Ms. McFerran is a current board member of the NLRB but her term will expire soon unless she is re-confirmed for another five years.

The Senate will take the first votes to advance these NLRB nominees on Wednesday.

If you truly care about working families, then you should be in favor of advancing the NLRB nominees. The NLRB is essential to protecting workers’ rights, so employees can speak up for better pay, stronger protections, and the right to organize without retaliation.

If we're worried about income inequality, and too much of a gap between working people and those who are very, very wealthy, the NLRB is a great, great way to deal with that problem because, again, it strengthens the worker’s hand.

So, anyone who says they stand with working Americans should care immensely about getting these NLRB nominees done.

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