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On June 22, 2010, the Senate confirmed Mark Pearce and Brian Hayes to serve as members of the National Labor Relations Board. The confirmations fill the last remaining vacancy by adding Hayes to a board previously composed of Chairwoman Liebman and members Schaumber, Pearce, and Becker and seat a full, five-member board for the first time since December 2007.
Pearce, a union attorney, received a recess appointment to the board from President Obama on March 27, 2010 and has served on the board since April 7, 2010. Pearce's confirmation changed his appointment, which would have ended following the next Senate session, to a term that runs through August 27, 2013.
Hayes, the labor policy director for Republicans on the Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and former management attorney, was initially nominated by President Obama in July 2009 but was not granted a recess appointment earlier this year. Hayes' term lasts until December 16, 2012.
Noticeably, Craig Becker, the highly controversial board appointee, was not among the list of 65 nominees approved by the Senate. Like Pearce, President Obama recess appointed Becker to the board in March 2010. Becker's recess appointment lasts until the Senate ends its 2011 session while his board nomination remains pending.
Looking ahead, the full complement of board members only lasts until Member Schaumber's term expires on August 27, 2010. Chairwoman Liebman's term runs until August 2011.
