Biden Nominates Prominent Union Attorney for NLRB Seat

President Joe Biden recently nominated longtime union attorney David Prouty to fill a not-yet-vacated seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Prouty is general counsel for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 32BJ, the New York-based local that represents more than 175,000 service workers on the East Coast.

This is the second union attorney Biden has picked for the NLRB. Democrats are poised to hold a 3-2 NLRB majority as early as September. 7/8/2021