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The AFL-CIO has advised lawmakers not to confirm President Trump’s NLRB picks, stating that they do not believe that either nominee would properly oversee labor law. According to William Samuel, the director of government affairs for the AFL-CIO, neither William Emanuel nor Marvin Kaplan indicated during their confirmation hearing that they would enforce the National Labor Relations Act, especially with respect to protecting workers’ basic rights to organize. If Emanuel and Kaplan are confirmed on Wednesday, the NLRB will have a Republican majority for the first time since the Bush administration. Samuel argued that neither nominee was qualified to serve on the NLRB: Kaplan because he has no experience with private labor law, and Emanuel because he has only ever represented employers.