{"id":468,"date":"2026-08-03T16:32:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/?p=468"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:32:46","slug":"james-murphy-and-scott-mayer-sworn-in-as-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"James Murphy and Scott Mayer Sworn in as Board Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"region-banner\">\n<div id=\"block-newspublications\">\n<div class=\"usa-hero\">\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap flex-align-end usa-section--dark text-center\">\n<div class=\"usa-hero__callout grid-col-12\">\n<h2 class=\"usa-hero__heading\">\n              <span class=\"usa-hero__heading--alt\"><br \/>\n                News &amp; Publications<br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"usa-hero__img-container\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-nlrbdashboardmynlrbpopup\">\n<div class=\"dnone\" id=\"login-box\">\n<div class=\"form-popup form-popup-auth\">\n<div class=\"my-account\">\n<div class=\"my-account-top\">\n<div class=\"left\">\n<h3>National Labor Relations Board<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/user\/logout?token=jvSjHnAz-OqTNNOhYEyoy1Pz0CXRhhrNPSY46IXAg7g\">Sign out<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-account-bottom\">\n<div class=\"dashboard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/user\">View Your Dashboard<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"form-popup form-popup-anon\">\n<div class=\"login-section\">\n<div class=\"my-account-top\">\n<h3>National Labor Relations Board<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-account-bottom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/saml_login?destination=\/user\">Sign in with Login.gov<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap\">\n<article class=\"usa-layout-docs__main usa-prose desktop_grid-col-9\">\n<div class=\"region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-nlrb-page-title\">\n<h1 class=\"uswds-page-title page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">James Murphy and Scott Mayer Sworn in as Board Members<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-newsstoryemailaddress\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Office of Public Affairs<\/p>\n<p>202-273-1991<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/news-outreach\/news-story\/mailto:publicinfo@nlrb.gov\">publicinfo@nlrb.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\">www.nlrb.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-mainpagecontent\">\n<div data-history-node-id=\"9958\" class=\"layout layout--onecol\">\n<div class=\"layout__region layout__region--content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-node-post-date field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item\">January 07, 2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>On January 7, 2026, James Murphy and Scott Mayer were sworn in as new Board members. As a result, the Board now has a quorum to conduct Agency business.<\/p>\n<p>James Murphy, of Maryland, was nominated by President Trump to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of five years expiring December 16, 2027. Mr. Murphy returns to the Board after a distinguished career at the Board with over 47 years of service. Mr. Murphy began at the Board as a student law clerk in 1974 and served as counsel to numerous Board members over the decades. Most recently, he served as Chief Counsel to former Chairman Marvin Kaplan.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Mayer, of Pennsylvania, was nominated by the President to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of five years expiring December 16, 2029. Before joining the Board, Member Mayer had most recently served as Chief Labor Counsel at The Boeing Company. Previously, he had held senior legal positions at InterContinental Hotels Group, MGM Resorts International, and Aramark, and he practiced law at Morgan, Lewis &amp; Bockius LLP and Blank Rome LLP. In addition, from 2010-2025, he served as an elected member of the Garnet Valley School District in Glen Mills, PA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-aboutnlrbpressreleases-2\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><em>Established in 1935, the National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects employees from unfair labor practices and protects the right of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve wages, benefits and working conditions. The NLRB conducts hundreds of workplace elections and investigates thousands of unfair labor practice charges each year.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"tni-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/news-outreach\/news-story\/james-murphy-and-scott-mayer-sworn-in-as-board-members-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News Releases<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/news-outreach\/news-story\/james-murphy-and-scott-mayer-sworn-in-as-board-members-0\">News Releases<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 07, 2026 On January 7, 2026, James Murphy and Scott Mayer were sworn in as new Board members. As a result, the Board now has a quorum to conduct Agency business. 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