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Biden took the unprecedented step of firing NLRB officials, who are typically appointed to fixed terms. This tends to even things out from a partisan perspective. But since Biden took this step, the NLRB is now packed with union people, with predictable results.

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He fired the NLRB general counsel, not an NLR Board member/judge. This ruling, for example, was 3-2 along party lines. Calling the smallest possible democratic majority "packed" is something, especially when as I understand it it is impossible to "pack" the NLRB, it's required to have 2 democrats and 2 republicans.

I would think the National Labor Relations Board would be filled with those who are acting on behalf of those doing the labor.

There are multiple perspectives within the issue, and labor is not the only perspective. And since it's the relations board, we can assume they're engaging with another party: employers. Why should the people providing the jobs not have a voice?

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