President Donald Trump's firing of Gwynne Wilcox spurred the now former NLRB member to say she will be "pursuing all legal avenues" to challenge her removal from the five-member board three years before her term was set to expire,
In another late-night firing, President Trump removed Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board—a move she called "unprecedented and illegal." Because it already had vacancies, the board now lacks a quorum and cannot issue decisions.
The firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) chair Gwynne Wilcox has effectively crippled the watchdog agency, with labor groups warning of widespread impacts for unions across the U.S.
As previously reported, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed Starbucks a victory in NLRB v. Starbucks Corp. by vacating part of an order