His unlawful purge of the National Labor Relations Board on Monday serves all three goals at once. With these firings, Trump has paralyzed the board, asserted control over its agenda, and engineered a legal showdown over the scope of his constitutional authority.
This came soon after President Trump fired NLRB General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo. As reported here, the firing of GC Abruzzo was expected and has been held to be lawful in various Circuit Courts. However,
President Donald Trump has expectedly fired Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and unexpectedly
Democrat Gwynne Wilcox, whose term was supposed to run through August 2028, said her unprecedented firing violates Supreme Court precedent.
Federal labor law explicitly limits removal of board members to instances of neglect or malfeasance. The termination is among several early moves Trump has made that push at the boundaries of executive authority.
Suppressing unions to favor big business is not popular or populist. is Trump going to far? Union approval is at an all time high.
Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox called her removal “unprecedented and illegal” and vowed to challenge the decision.
An industry trade group claims former National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo exceeded her authority in a memo — but since President Donald Trump fired her, the future of the claim is in doubt.
President Donald Trump purged two National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) leaders known for supporting worker rights on Tuesday, signaling a sharp re-orientation of federal law enforcement towards a management-friendly approach favored by business executives and supporters like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
In a move that could make them some of the first undergraduate student workers to unionize in Illinois, resident advisers at the University of Illinois at Chicago filed for union representation
President Donald Trump’s firings sets up another major legal clash over Congress’ power to put limits on the removal of federal officials.