Fired NLRB Member Sues Trump, Setting Up Clash Over Presidential Power
WASHINGTON—A member of the National Labor Relations Board fired by President Trump sued him Wednesday, setting up a high-stakes battle over whether federal law limiting the president’s power to remove top executive-branch officials is constitutional.
Former National Labor Relations Board member sues Trump for her firing
Gwynne Wilcox’s lawsuit is the first to challenge the president’s ouster of several members of independent boards — moves that appear to contravene a 1935 Supreme Court ruling.
Recently fired NLRB chair sues Trump administration for alleged unlawful removal
Gwynne Wilcox filed a lawsuit Wednesday, accusing President Donald Trump of breaking the law when he fired her last week. Wilcox claims the
Former NLRB member sues Trump for firing her
A former member of the National Labor Relations Board sued U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying he illegally fired her from the agency that protects American workers' rights. Gwynne Wilcox said her Jan.
Trump sued over purge at NLRB, regulator targeted by SpaceX, Amazon and others
The NLRB has come under fire from companies including Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, who have argued that the labor board’s structure is unconstitutional.
Trump's NLRB Firing Impact Debated in Fifth Circuit SpaceX Case
A National Labor Relations Board lawyer argued that President Donald Trump’s recent removal of a Democratic board member means that SpaceX and two other companies shouldn’t get court orders blocking unfair labor practice cases.
Trump's unprecedented labor board firing draws latest lawsuit heading toward SCOTUS
Gwynne Wilcox said her NLRB removal "defies ninety years of Supreme Court precedent that has ensured the independence of ...
I Was a Member of the the NLRB. What Trump’s Doing to It Now Is Very Illegal.
This extraordinary act, which was not only contrary to statute but clearly unlawful under a 90-year-old Supreme Court ...
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Trump’s Removal of NLRB Board Member Brings Board Actions to a Halt
President Donald Trump last week removed National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne A. Wilcox and terminated the board’s general counsel, ...
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Amazon's Whole Foods cites Trump's NLRB purge as grounds for rejecting union win
Last month, workers at a Whole Foods store in Philadelphia voted in favor of joining the United Food and Commercial Workers ...
Former National Labor Relations Board member sues Trump for firing her
She says board members can be fired only for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Va. congressman responds to the firing of NLRB member Wilcox
Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) of the House Committee on Education and Workforce condemned President Donald Trump’s ...