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Eugene

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Sat Jan 13, 2018, 03:23 AM Jan 2018

Trump names lawyer at firm advising him as pick for labor board

Source: Reuters

#U.S. LEGAL NEWS JANUARY 12, 2018 / 8:04 PM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO

Trump names lawyer at firm advising him as pick for labor board

Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump plans to nominate as his choice to fill a vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board a labor lawyer and partner at a law firm that has advised him and the Trump Organization on taxes since 2005.

The White House said on Friday that John Ring, a partner at Morgan Lewis and Bockius, would succeed Phil Miscimarra, another Republican whose term ended on Dec. 16 and who served as the NLRB’s chairman.

Ring’s appointment, which is subject to Senate confirmation, would restore a Republican majority at the five-member board, which now has two Democrats and two Republicans.

The NLRB oversees union elections and disputes between private-sector employers, workers and unions.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-labor-trump/trump-names-lawyer-at-firm-advising-him-as-pick-for-labor-board-idUSKBN1F2016
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