On August 7, 2026, the U.S. Senate confirmed two nominations by President Donald Trump to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), including a new member who shifts the Board’s political composition to a 3–1 Republican majority.
The Senate confirmed Republican James Macy, a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) official and former management-side labor attorney, and Democrat David Prouty, who was renominated for a second term. Prouty, who was first nominated by President Joe Biden in 2021, and Macy will serve five-year terms running until August 2031.
The NLRB confirmations came as part of a slate of 74 nominations confirmed en bloc in S. Res. 817 on a 51–47 vote. The confirmations continue President Trump’s reshaping of the NLRB after he removed former Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox in January 2025 and nominated two Republican members, Chairman James Murphy and Scott Mayer, who were confirmed in December 2025.
While the NLRB has been operating with a functioning quorum of three members, including Member Prouty, the addition of Macy gives the Board four members with a three-member Republican majority that will allow it to overturn prior precedential decisions. Long-standing Board tradition requires at...
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