On December 18, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointments of Members Scott Mayer and James Murphy, and General Counsel (“GC”) Crystal Carey, to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”). Eleven months after Member Gwynne Wilcox’s unprecedented firing, the Board has regained a three-Member quorum and can begin issuing decisions with immediate effect.
As reported here and here, President Trump’s nominations of Carey, Mayer and Murphy were made in March and July, respectively.
GC Carey was a Board attorney for eight years and represented employers in private practice at a major U.S. law firm prior to her nomination. Members Mayer and Murphy also have strong labor-relations backgrounds. Mayer represented employers in the hospitality industry, the food service industry, and at several law firms prior to his position at Boeing, where he was the Chief Labor Counsel at the time of his nomination. Murphy spent his career at the NLRB and was selected by former Member Kaplan to serve as his chief counsel in 2017.
While GC Carey was nominated in March 2025, her nomination was delayed after she seemingly lost the support of some Republican members of Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (“HELP”) Committee – the committee tasked with sending Board nominees to a Senate vote. The HELP Committee also delayed a vote on Member Mayer amid an ongoing labor dispute at Boeing.
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