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 continued to make waves just over a week into his presidency with his decision earlier this week to fire the chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Gwynne Wilcox. This unprecedented decision came alongside Trump’s firing of NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo.

Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, was dismissed Tuesday by President Donald Trump as part of an anticipated shake-up of the federal agency responsible for overseeing the rights of private-sector employees.

President Donald Trump fired Jennifer Abruzzo, the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel, on Jan. 28. Abruzzo was a champion of the student-athlete labor movement, which gained significant traction under the Biden administration.

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 removal of the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel had been expected. But the firing of a Democratic member stops it from protecting workers’ rights, for now.

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,

President Donald Trump has fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace, an unprecedented move aimed at implementing his crackdown on certain diversity and gender rights policies.

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.

Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox called her removal “unprecedented and illegal” and vowed to challenge the decision.

Between the close of business on Monday, January 27 and the following morning, President Trump discharged Jennifer Abruzzo from her duties as

Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, was dismissed Tuesday by President Donald Trump as part of an anticipated shake-up of the federal agency responsible for overseeing the rights of private-sector employees.