WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2025 — The 600-member IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), is opposing the nominations of Crystal Carey for General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Scott Mayer and James Murphy for NLRB Members. The IAM Union is urging the U.S. Senate to take no action on these nominees until NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox, who was unjustly fired by President Donald Trump, is reinstated.
“As I’ve stated before, the IAM urges President Donald Trump to reverse the unprecedented and illegal firing of NLRB Member Wilcox, restore the Board’s independence, and protect workers’ rights,” IAM Union International President Brian Bryant wrote in a letter to members of the U.S. Senate. “The NLRB, with Board members from both political parties, is crucial to the rights of our nation’s private-sector workforce, and without this balance, enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act cannot occur in a fair or impartial way.”
Wilcox was reconfirmed by the Senate in September 2023 with bipartisan support for a term ending Aug. 27, 2028. The IAM Union maintains that the Board must include properly seated members from both political parties to ensure fair and impartial enforcement of the law.
The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) is one of North America’s largest and most diverse industrial trade unions, representing approximately 600,000 active and retired members in the aerospace, defense, airlines, shipbuilding, railroad, transit, healthcare, automotive, and other industries across the United States and Canada.
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