Biden Labor Picks Defend Left-Leaning Views from GOP Attack (3)

Three of President Joe Biden‘s labor nominees defended their records of working for left-leaning causes, assuring a divided Senate that they would, if confirmed, be neutral arbiters of the law and give employers a fair shake.

The nominees—David Weil, tapped for a second run as administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, and union attorneys Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty, for seats on the National Labor Relations Board—used Thursday’s joint confirmation hearing to assuage skeptical Republicans on the chamber’s labor panel, some of whom voiced concern that the picks would advance the agenda of unions ...