Nora McGinley Appointed Assistant to the Regional Director in Region 8 (Cleveland)

Today, the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo announces the appointment of Nora McGinley as the Assistant to the Regional Director of the NLRB’s Regional office in Cleveland, Ohio (Region 8).  In her new position, Ms. McGinley will assist Regional Director Iva Y. Choe in the administration and enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act in parts of Ohio. 

A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Ms. McGinley studied at Penn State University, earning her Bachelor of Science in Labor Industrial Relations.  Ms. McGinley began her career as a Field Examiner in the NLRB’s Region 15 (New Orleans) office in 1995 and transferred to the Region 8 office in 2001.  She was promoted to Supervisory Field Examiner in 2010 and began serving as the Acting Assistant to the Regional Director in 2018.  She also served as the Acting Regional Director from December 30, 2019 until August 25, 2020. 

Established in 1935, the National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects employees, employers, and unions from unfair labor practices and protects the right of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve wages, benefits and working conditions. The NLRB conducts hundreds of workplace elections and investigates thousands of unfair labor practice charges each year. Region 8 serves areas in Ohio from its Regional Office in Cleveland.