National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has become the latest Biden appointee to get the axe under Donald Trump's second presidency.
President Donald Trump fired former President Joe Biden’s National Labor Relations Board chairwoman, Gwynne Wilcox, and the labor board’s general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo. It is illegal for a president to remove a board member unless there is evidence of negligence of duty or malfeasance.
Democrat Gwynne Wilcox, whose term was supposed to run through August 2028, said her unprecedented firing violates Supreme Court precedent.
On the heels of his firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, Pres. Donald Trump also
President Trump fired National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. In an unprecedented move, he also ousted Democratic board member Gwynne Wilcox, leaving the board with no quorum.
As part of the flurry of executive actions taken during the first week of his administration, President Donald Trump has terminated the
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 firings are among the latest efforts by Trump to remove top federal officials since taking office about a week ago.
President Donald Trump’s executive orders are already reshaping the Department of Labor and OSHA fines are increasing.
Robert F. Kennedy’s first confirmation hearing Wednesday to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services was quickly interrupted by protesters over the Trump nominee’s vaccine positions. During his opening remarks, Kennedy said under oath that he is “not anti-vaccine”—but people standing in the back of the room weren’t convinced.
After dismissing 17 independent inspectors general earlier, Trump fired a half dozen National Labor Relations Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials in a bid make them ideologically compatible.
The White House fired Democrats Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), they each said.