Senior Judge Beryl Howell, of U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., said Trump lacks the power to freely fire members of the NLRB, in this case Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on ...
A federal court ruled that Wilcox remains a full member of the NLRB and she was "unlawfully dismissed" by President Trump. According to a press release, on Jan. 27, Trump attempted to dismiss ...
The January firings of Wilcox and NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo were an early test of the Trump administration’s power. Though the law specifies a board member can only be fired for ...
Wilcox’s attorneys said no president previously had tried to remove an NLRB member. They argued that board members can only be fired “for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office” and only ...
My name is Nick and I am a student worker and organizer reaching out from Clark University in Worcester, MA. I am writing ...