The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.

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.

Some agency employees who President Donald Trump terminated from their leadership roles Monday night are now “considering legal options.”

While the decision to fire General Counsel Abruzzo was criticized by Democrats and labor leaders, the President’s right to fire the NLRB General Counsel were upheld by the 9 th U.S. Circuit Courts in 2023 after President Biden fired General Counsel Peter Robb, appointed by Trump during his first term.

President Donald Trump’s purging of key members of two independent panels governing labor and workplace anti-bais laws prompted a probe from the ranking member of the Senate’s labor and health panel.

The Democratic commissioners hadn't completed their terms before the White House notified them that they were being removed.

Charlotte A. Burrows said she will “explore all legal options” after being removed by President Donald Trump in a late-night