Trump Fires Acting Chair & General Counsel of NLRB

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https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-nlrb-gwynne-wilcox

President Trump fired acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Democrat Gwynne Wilcox late Monday night, she told Axios. He also fired the general counsel of the labor board, Jennifer Abruzzo, a strong advocate for unionization.​

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The big picture: Together the dismissals signal a broad purge at the nation's labor regulator, which had been an exceptionally strong ally to workers and unions over the past four years.​

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Where it stands: Under the national labor law, board members can only be fired for neglect of duty or malfeasance. Wilcox had served as acting board chair just for a few days at the end of the Biden administration — and it had been expected she would be replaced and resume her duties as board member.​

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The big picture: During his campaign, Trump portrayed himself as a fighter for workers. His nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, considered a pro-labor lawmaker, as Labor Secretary was seen as a signal of a friendlier worker stance.​

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• But DeRemer seems to be on shaky ground; a number of Republican senators are taking issue with her pro-union stances, NBC News reported Monday.

Seems like the Teamsters might be soon having their own leopards-eating-their-faces moment.

 

[rambot]

I wonder what kind of evidence Trump will leave scattered about the ashes of America's middle class that will be considered proof that he supports the working man.

 

[iluvatar5150]

I wonder what kind of evidence Trump will leave scattered about the ashes of America's middle class that will be considered proof that he supports the working man.

But don't you remember that Dems abandoned the working class when they chose a trans person to hock Bud Light?

 

[Yttrium]

Seems like the Teamsters might be soon having their own leopards-eating-their-faces moment.

That would be wonderful. Even if DeRemer gets appointed, though, she won't last long in a Trump administration, and Trump will replace her with someone more blindly loyal.

 

[Say it aint so]

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-nlrb-gwynne-wilcox

President Trump fired acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Democrat Gwynne Wilcox late Monday night, she told Axios. He also fired the general counsel of the labor board, Jennifer Abruzzo, a strong advocate for unionization.​

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The big picture: Together the dismissals signal a broad purge at the nation's labor regulator, which had been an exceptionally strong ally to workers and unions over the past four years.​

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Where it stands: Under the national labor law, board members can only be fired for neglect of duty or malfeasance. Wilcox had served as acting board chair just for a few days at the end of the Biden administration — and it had been expected she would be replaced and resume her duties as board member.​

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The big picture: During his campaign, Trump portrayed himself as a fighter for workers. His nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, considered a pro-labor lawmaker, as Labor Secretary was seen as a signal of a friendlier worker stance.​

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• But DeRemer seems to be on shaky ground; a number of Republican senators are taking issue with her pro-union stances, NBC News reported Monday.

Seems like the Teamsters might be soon having their own leopards-eating-their-faces moment.

 

[Say it aint so]

Trump-voting farmer warns crops will 'rot' if his workers get deported​

In an interview with Bloomberg, tomato grower Tony DiMare said that it would be a major mistake for Trump to institute the kind of crackdown on undocumented farm labor that has been enacted in Florida, where he says he's having trouble finding enough people to pick crops. "A lot of people left Florida for Georgia, north, scared,” DiMare told Bloomberg. “Farmers had to let their crops rot.”​

During a Trump town hall with Hispanic voters, the question by a Hispanic voter about who will do the work, because Americans sure won't was put to Trump. Of course, the question was never answered. It's not rocket science this is going to be a problem. It's not rocket science that a reduction of product will create higher prices. There is no plan what so ever even thought about how to redress what is now a problem. The leopards are now zeroing in on this farmer's face.

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[rambot]

Trump-voting farmer warns crops will 'rot' if his workers get deported​

In an interview with Bloomberg, tomato grower Tony DiMare said that it would be a major mistake for Trump to institute the kind of crackdown on undocumented farm labor that has been enacted in Florida, where he says he's having trouble finding enough people to pick crops. "A lot of people left Florida for Georgia, north, scared,” DiMare told Bloomberg. “Farmers had to let their crops rot.”​

During a Trump town hall meeting with Hispanic voters, the question by a Hispanic voter is who will do the work, because Americans sure won't was put to Trump. Of course, the question was never answered. It's not rocket science this is going to be a problem. It's not rocket science that a reduction of product will create higher prices. There is no plan what so ever even thought about how to redress what is now a problem. The leopards are now zeroing in on this farmer's face.

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I think Trump (and likely Elon and Zuckerberg's hope) is that American middle class jobs will get taken over by H1B types which they can pay less...and that those software engineers will then, OBVIOUSLY need to get a job so THEY will just go pick fruit in the field.

Because rich people are clueless.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Trump-voting farmer warns crops will 'rot' if his workers get deported​

In an interview with Bloomberg, tomato grower Tony DiMare said that it would be a major mistake for Trump to institute the kind of crackdown on undocumented farm labor that has been enacted in Florida, where he says he's having trouble finding enough people to pick crops. "A lot of people left Florida for Georgia, north, scared,” DiMare told Bloomberg. “Farmers had to let their crops rot.”​

During a Trump town hall with Hispanic voters, the question by a Hispanic voter about who will do the work, because Americans sure won't was put to Trump. Of course, the question was never answered. It's not rocket science this is going to be a problem. It's not rocket science that a reduction of product will create higher prices. There is no plan what so ever even thought about how to redress what is now a problem. The leopards are now zeroing in on this farmer's face.

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The poor farmer should have chosen a more legal and sustainable method of harvesting tomatoes instead of depending on illegal labor.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I think Trump (and likely Elon and Zuckerberg's hope) is that American middle class jobs will get taken over by H1B types which they can pay less...and that those software engineers will then, OBVIOUSLY need to get a job so THEY will just go pick fruit in the field.

Because rich people are clueless.

But the rich will still be able to enjoy tomatoes and eggs.

 

[Fantine]

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-nlrb-gwynne-wilcox

President Trump fired acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Democrat Gwynne Wilcox late Monday night, she told Axios. He also fired the general counsel of the labor board, Jennifer Abruzzo, a strong advocate for unionization.​

​

The big picture: Together the dismissals signal a broad purge at the nation's labor regulator, which had been an exceptionally strong ally to workers and unions over the past four years.​

​

Where it stands: Under the national labor law, board members can only be fired for neglect of duty or malfeasance. Wilcox had served as acting board chair just for a few days at the end of the Biden administration — and it had been expected she would be replaced and resume her duties as board member.​

​

The big picture: During his campaign, Trump portrayed himself as a fighter for workers. His nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, considered a pro-labor lawmaker, as Labor Secretary was seen as a signal of a friendlier worker stance.​

​

• But DeRemer seems to be on shaky ground; a number of Republican senators are taking issue with her pro-union stances, NBC News reported Monday.

Seems like the Teamsters might be soon having their own leopards-eating-their-faces moment.

I'll just add them to the Americans who were duped and betrayed list.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump moved Monday night to dismiss two of three Democratic members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrows, formerly the chair, the White House confirmed Tuesday. Trump also fired the chair of the National Labor Relations Board, Gwynne Wilcox, a Democrat, an NLRB spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.

In addition, Trump acted to dismiss the EEOC’s general counsel, who oversees the agency’s existing civil actions against employers on a range of issues including discrimination claims from LGBTQ+ employees and pregnant workers.

In a statement, Samuels said that removing her “before the expiration of my Congressionally directed term is unprecedented, violates the law, and represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the EEOC as an independent agency — one that is not controlled by a single Cabinet secretary but operates as a multimember body whose varying views are baked into the Commission’s design.”

[M]oving to dismiss members of independent commissions represents a dramatic break from Supreme Court precedent decided in 1935, which holds that the president cannot remove members of independent agencies such as the EEOC except in cases of neglect of duty, malfeasance or inefficiency.

 

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Trump moved Monday night to dismiss two of three Democratic members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrows, formerly the chair, the White House confirmed Tuesday. Trump also fired the chair of the National Labor Relations Board, Gwynne Wilcox, a Democrat, an NLRB spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.

In addition, Trump acted to dismiss the EEOC’s general counsel, who oversees the agency’s existing civil actions against employers on a range of issues including discrimination claims from LGBTQ+ employees and pregnant workers.

In a statement, Samuels said that removing her “before the expiration of my Congressionally directed term is unprecedented, violates the law, and represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the EEOC as an independent agency — one that is not controlled by a single Cabinet secretary but operates as a multimember body whose varying views are baked into the Commission’s design.”

[M]oving to dismiss members of independent commissions represents a dramatic break from Supreme Court precedent decided in 1935, which holds that the president cannot remove members of independent agencies such as the EEOC except in cases of neglect of duty, malfeasance or inefficiency.

lol, well at least the mask is clearly off now. It’s going to be hard to claim that this was just about DEI when he’s trying to guy civil rights infrastructure that’s been in place for 60 years.

 

[Laodicean60]

But don't you remember that Dems abandoned the working class when they chose a trans person to hock Bud Light?

Yes, when Trump got elected the same thing would happen to Republicans if this harms American workers in the future.

 

[essentialsaltes]

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data​

But according to an official whistleblower disclosure shared with Congress and other federal overseers that was obtained by NPR, subsequent interviews with the whistleblower and records of internal communications, technical staff members were alarmed about what DOGE engineers did when they were granted access, particularly when those staffers noticed a spike in data leaving the agency. It's possible that the data included sensitive information on unions, ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets — data that four labor law experts tell NPR should almost never leave the NLRB and that has nothing to do with making the government more efficient or cutting spending.

Eventually, the disclosure continued, the IT department launched a formal review of what it deemed a serious, ongoing security breach or potentially illegal removal of personally identifiable information. The whistleblower believes that the suspicious activity warrants further investigation by agencies with more resources, like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or the FBI.

The new revelations about DOGE's activities at the labor agency come from a whistleblower in the IT department of the NLRB, who disclosed his concerns to Congress and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in a detailed report that was then provided to NPR. Meanwhile, his attempts to raise concerns internally within the NLRB preceded someone "physically taping a threatening note" to his door that included sensitive personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone, according to a cover letter attached to his disclosure filed by his attorney, Andrew Bakaj of the nonprofit Whistleblower Aid.

 

[Pommer]

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data​

But according to an official whistleblower disclosure shared with Congress and other federal overseers that was obtained by NPR, subsequent interviews with the whistleblower and records of internal communications, technical staff members were alarmed about what DOGE engineers did when they were granted access, particularly when those staffers noticed a spike in data leaving the agency. It's possible that the data included sensitive information on unions, ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets — data that four labor law experts tell NPR should almost never leave the NLRB and that has nothing to do with making the government more efficient or cutting spending.

Eventually, the disclosure continued, the IT department launched a formal review of what it deemed a serious, ongoing security breach or potentially illegal removal of personally identifiable information. The whistleblower believes that the suspicious activity warrants further investigation by agencies with more resources, like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or the FBI.

The new revelations about DOGE's activities at the labor agency come from a whistleblower in the IT department of the NLRB, who disclosed his concerns to Congress and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in a detailed report that was then provided to NPR. Meanwhile, his attempts to raise concerns internally within the NLRB preceded someone "physically taping a threatening note" to his door that included sensitive personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone, according to a cover letter attached to his disclosure filed by his attorney, Andrew Bakaj of the nonprofit Whistleblower Aid.

I’m sure that Congress will get right on this.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump can fire labor, employment board members without cause: Appeals court​

• President Donald Trump may remove members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board at will, a federal appeals court ruled.
• The 2-1 decision from the Washington, D.C., Circuit Court of Appeals reverses prior rulings blocking Trump’s attempts to fire members of the key labor and employment panels.
• The majority judges, who were both appointed by Trump, noted that they don’t address whether Congress can stop a president from removing members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

“So, Congress cannot restrict the President’s ability to remove NLRB or MSPB members,” ruled Judges Gregory Katsas and Justin Walker, who were both appointed to the D.C. circuit by Trump.

The Trump administration is challenging the 90-year-old precedent set by Humphrey’s, which limits the president’s ability to unilaterally remove the heads of certain independent government agencies. The Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear oral arguments in a case that could determine whether Humphrey’s is overturned.

[Dissenting judge] “Under my colleagues’ reasoning, it appears that no independent agencies may lawfully exist in this country,” she wrote. “Their determination that the MSPB cannot be independent ... suggests that no agencies can be independent.”

 

[Always in His Presence]

Trump can fire labor, employment board members without cause: Appeals court​

• President Donald Trump may remove members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board at will, a federal appeals court ruled.
• The 2-1 decision from the Washington, D.C., Circuit Court of Appeals reverses prior rulings blocking Trump’s attempts to fire members of the key labor and employment panels.
• The majority judges, who were both appointed by Trump, noted that they don’t address whether Congress can stop a president from removing members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

“So, Congress cannot restrict the President’s ability to remove NLRB or MSPB members,” ruled Judges Gregory Katsas and Justin Walker, who were both appointed to the D.C. circuit by Trump.

The Trump administration is challenging the 90-year-old precedent set by Humphrey’s, which limits the president’s ability to unilaterally remove the heads of certain independent government agencies. The Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear oral arguments in a case that could determine whether Humphrey’s is overturned.

[Dissenting judge] “Under my colleagues’ reasoning, it appears that no independent agencies may lawfully exist in this country,” she wrote. “Their determination that the MSPB cannot be independent ... suggests that no agencies can be independent.”

The President doing something lawful - good job Mr. Trump.

Appeals court backs Trump’s firings of MSPB, NLRB members​

A three-judge panel ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s firings without cause of Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox, Democratic members on the Merit Systems Protection Board and the National Labor Relations Board, were lawful.​

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The split 2-to-1 panel decision of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has no immediate effect, since both Harris and Wilcox’s firings were finalized in May. But Friday’s ruling comes as the Supreme Court is expected to soon hear arguments on whether to overturn a 90-year-old ruling known as Humphrey’s Executor — a decision that could expand Trump’s power to shape independent agencies.​

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“The NLRB and MSPB wield substantial powers that are both executive in nature and different from the powers that Humphrey’s Executor deemed to be merely quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial,” the judges wrote. “So, Congress cannot restrict the President’s ability to remove NLRB or MSPB members.”​

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[essentialsaltes]

The President doing something lawful - good job Mr. Trump.

It is good simply because it is legal? What, in your own words, is good about firing these people?

Secondly, if this ruling holds, this means all future presidents will also have this power to politicize 'independent' agencies.

 

[Always in His Presence]

It is good simply because it is legal?

You don't consider following the law good?

What, in your own words, is good about firing these people?

Did I comment on them personally, or the fact that we have a President following the law? (my own words).

Secondly, if this ruling holds, this means all future presidents will also have this power to politicize 'independent' agencies.

What makes you think it is not already politicized?

If the Supreme Court rules that the president has the power to do something - then the president has the power. Not according to political party, but according to the law..

 

[essentialsaltes]

You don't consider following the law good?

I don't think you thought this through very well. This means the Obamacare mandates are good, because the Supreme Court declared them legal. Or a billion other examples could be given. The legal power to do something does not mean that every use of that power is good. Might does not make Right.

Did I comment on them personally, or the fact that we have a President following the law? (my own words).

Right, you have no idea whether the actual action was positive or negative. You're satisfied that Trump did it, and it was legal. Ergo good.

What makes you think it is not already politicized?

Because the way Congress, by law, planned these independent organizations to be set up helped to avoid political bias by having members hold terms that spanned presidential terms.

If the Supreme Court rules that the president has the power to do something - then the president has the power. Not according to political party, but according to the law..

As should be obvious to a child, not all uses of power are necessarily good, regardless of their legality.