With help from Olivia Olander

NUMBERS TO KNOW: At the end of last year, the National Labor Relations Board received a $25 million boost to the agency’s budget, staving off an impending crisis that threatened to hobble the agency and furlough its workforce.

It was its first increase since the 2014 fiscal year, and brought the NLRB from the $274.2 million it had been stuck on for years to a shade under $300 million. The influx relieved NLRB leadership, which quickly set about allocating that additional money. But it is largely going to increased office rents, federally mandated raises and inflation-related expenses, rather than beefing up operations.

Now the White House is seeking $376 million for fiscal 2024 — more than three times the increase congressional Democrats secured for the NLRB in the omnibus spending deal — in its budget request released last week.

“While the bump in our FY23 funding was essential in averting furloughs, the NLRB is still drastically underfunded,” General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said in a statement. “Congress should enact the President’s budget so the Agency can continue to uphold our Congressional mandate of promoting collective bargaining and safeguarding employees’ rights to organize and act collectively to improve wages, benefits, and other working conditions.”

Make no mistake, there is absolutely zero chance the NLRB will be getting a 25 percent windfall with Republicans in control of the House. Rather the actual battle will be defending...

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