U.S. President Donald Trump has fired two Democratic officials at the National Labor Relations Board, a major shakeup that will bring hundreds of cases accusing companies of unlawful labor practices to a standstill and paves the way for Republican control of the agency.
The unprecedented moves leave the agencies unable to conduct even routine business and are likely to spur legal challenges.
President Donald Trump has expectedly fired Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and unexpectedly
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.
Some agency employees who President Donald Trump terminated from their leadership roles Monday night are now “considering legal options.”
Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox called her removal “unprecedented and illegal” and vowed to challenge the decision.
Donald Trump is testing the limits of his power yet again—this time with the firing of multiple people on the National Labor Relations Board.
Donald Trump is rolling out a blitz of attacks on workers in hopes of paralyzing organized labor’s energy to fight back. But unions can only survive this onslaught by fighting, not by burying their heads in the sand.
A union has filed 17 unfair labor practice charges against Cranemasters as a strike in Merrillville drags on. Workers have been striking at the Chicagoland sites, including 9250 Mississippi St. in ...
President Donald Trump's firing of Gwynne Wilcox spurred the now former NLRB member to say she will be "pursuing all legal avenues" to challenge her removal from the five-member board three years before her term was set to expire,