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Trump Ousts National Labor Relations Board Leaders Who Support Workers’ Rights

HeadlineJan 29, 2025

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. Trump also ousted NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, who wrote in a parting statement, “if the Agency does not fully effectuate its Congressional mandate in the future … I expect that workers with assistance from their advocates will take matters into their own hands in order to get well-deserved dignity and respect in the workplace as well as a fair share of the significant value they add to their employer’s operations.”

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