The NLRB has been instrumental in protecting and expanding workers' rights during the Biden administration, issuing rulings that punish employers for retaliating against workplace organizing drives.
It is already an indictment of the Democrats' haphazard attention to fundamental workers' rights that McFarren's confirmation has dragged on to the end of the 118th Congress.
McFarren has played a critical role in reviving the agency's original mission as a first-line defender of collective bargaining rights in the workplace.
Despite significant contributions, the agency won a nominal budget increase in the 2023 omnibus appropriations bill, well shy of the 10 percent hike it had requested.
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