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WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden
announced on Tuesday that he intends to nominate a senior union
lawyer to the U.S. National Labor Relations Board as Democrats
move to retake control.
Biden plans to tap David Prouty, general counsel of Service
Employee International Union (SEIU) Local 32BJ, the largest
labor union for property service workers in the country with
over 175,000 members, to fill the seat currently held by
Republican William Emanuel, the White House said. Emanuel s term
is set to expire Aug. 27.
Biden last month nominated veteran union lawyer Gwynne
Wilcox for a vacant seat on the NLRB. If both are confirmed,
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