The unprecedented moves leave the agencies unable to conduct even routine business and are likely to spur legal challenges.
President Trump fired two Democratic EEOC commissioners and an NLRB board member, hobbling two independent agencies that are tasked with enforcing worker protections.
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 removal of the National Labor ... of the National Labor Relations Board along with one of the board’s Democratic members late Monday, signaling a shift away from the Biden administration ...
President Trump fired National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. In an unprecedented move, he also ousted Democratic board... It wasn't a surprise when President Trump fired ...
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 ...
Suppressing unions to favor big business is not popular or populist. is Trump going to far? Union approval is at an all time high.
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.
The federal agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination, the EEOC describes itself as a bipartisan commission comprised of five members, all appointed by presidents. On Tuesday, a law firm posted on social media that it was representing Charlotte Burrows, a commissioner who had been fired on Monday by the Trump administration.
The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.