President Trump on Monday fired two leaders of the National Labor Relations Board, in a major attack on workers’ rights and labor unions. Trump’s surprise removal of Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox came even though federal law says that board members can only be fired for neglect or malfeasance.

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.

President Trump fired acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board, Democrat Gwynne Wilcox late Monday night, she told Axios. He also fired the general counsel of the labor board, Jennifer Abruzzo,

On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) lacks the authority to order an employer to pay damages beyond what it ...

Whole Foods workers at the Philadelphia flagship store in the city’s Art Museum area voted to unionize on Jan. 27, 2025. They are the first store in the Amazon-owned grocery chain to do so. Paul Clark,

Workers at a Pennsylvania Whole Foods store voted on Monday to unionize, forming the first union in the organic grocery chain owned by Amazon.

The unionization vote comes despite a “barrage of union-busting techniques, intimidation, threats, coercion” and wrongful firings, UFCW Local 1776 President Wendell Young IV said in an interview.

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.

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,

Given some rulings by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in recent years – such as rulings invalidating civility policies or finding employers liable for disciplining employees acting in a harassing manner – many employers have struggled with how to balance National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) considerations with competing equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws.

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.