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Designating Marvin Kaplan as NLRB Chair

President Trump designated Marvin Kaplan as Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Kaplan was first nominated and confirmed as a Member of the Board during the first Trump administration.

The NLRB is an independent agency tasked with administering the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which guarantees most private-sector employees the right to form unions and collectively bargain. Under President Trump’s first term the NLRB advanced an anti-worker agenda. This included the NLRB delivering on all the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s top priorities, which narrowed protections for workers covered under the NLRA.