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A federal agency, the National Labor Relations Board is tasked with preventing unfair labor practices by employers and unions, and protecting the rights of private sector employees. On Tuesday, Trump fired its acting chair, Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve as an NLRB member, according to Josh Boxerman, of the National Employment Law Project.
Wilcox’s term as a board member was set to run through August 2028. According to national labor law, board members can only be fired for neglect of duty or malfeasance.
In a statement to Bloomberg, which first reported her firing, Wilcox said she believed her removal violates “long-standing Supreme Court precedent” and that she would “be pursuing all legal avenues to challenge” it.
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