SEIU’s Verrett: The Senate’s failure to reconfirm Lauren McFerran to the NLRB is a loss for working people

WASHINGTON, DC – Service Employees International Union (SEIU) International President April Verrett issued the following statement today after the Senate, by a margin of 1 vote, failed to overcome a procedural hurdle to reconfirm Lauren McFerran to the National Labor Relations Board, clearing the way for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to control the NLRB:

“Failing to move forward with Chair McFerran’s reconfirmation to the NLRB is truly a missed opportunity to ensure the NLRB remains an impartial agency that working people in every occupation can count on to help protect their rights. Now more than ever, it’s critical that the National Labor Relations Act is properly enforced. SEIU members and working people across this country are deeply disappointed that the Senate failed to reconfirm Chair McFerran, but we are not defeated. We are determined to keep fighting to build an economy that works for all people.”