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Mark Your Calendar. National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) Member Mark Gaston Pearce's term comes to end on
Monday, August 27, 2018. Suffice it to say that most employers
won't exactly be sorry to see him go. Indeed, during his years
on the Board, Pearce was instrumental in rolling out some of the
Board's most controversial initiatives, such as the
"ambush" election regulations, the
Specialty Healthcare decision that allowed unions to
gerrymander bargaining units, and the dramatic expansion of the
Board's
joint-employer standard. Traditionally, presidents do not rush
to fill minority-party vacancies at the Board, as this allows the
majority to operate at a more efficient pace. Still, rumors persist
that Pearce may receive a third appointment as part of a broader
package deal of
