The new president quickly fired the NLRB’s general counsel and one of its members, hamstringing the agency and leaving its support for organized labor in doubt.
The unprecedented moves leave the agencies unable to conduct even routine business and are likely to spur legal challenges.
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.
PolitiFact has been tracking President Joe Biden's campaign promises. Here’s a rundown of what Biden did and didn’t accomplish.
President Trump fired two Democratic EEOC commissioners and an NLRB board member, hobbling two independent agencies that are tasked with enforcing worker protections.
President Trump is expected to sign a memo Friday to lift the collective bargaining agreements former President Biden put into effect before leaving office, Fox News Digital has learned.
Trump hasn’t publicly held forth on the firings. But in an email obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, a point of view emerged that in important ways mirrored that of a close Trump ally—and one of the NLRB’s most high-profile antagonists: Musk.
Suppressing unions to favor big business is not popular or populist. is Trump going to far? Union approval is at an all time high.
The White House is exploiting, and sometimes outright ignoring, the arcane laws, rules and regulations that have long protected the civil service of 2.3 million from a political takeover.
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.
WASHINGTON ― The Biden administration has pushed out nearly all available funds from President Joe Biden's signature climate and economic laws as the White House works to ensure his "Investing ...