President Donald Trump has removed a Democratic member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from office, an unprecedented move that will escalate an ongoing legal battle over the scope of the president's powers to control federal agencies.

As part of the flurry of executive actions taken during the first week of his administration, President Donald Trump has terminated the

Suppressing unions to favor big business is not popular or populist. is Trump going to far? Union approval is at an all time high.

The unprecedented moves leave the agencies unable to conduct even routine business and are likely to spur legal challenges.

The removal of the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel had been expected. But the firing of a Democratic member stops it from protecting workers’ rights, for now.

Donald Trump is forcing out top leaders of the US labor board, ushering in a swift reboot of workplace law enforcement while testing the limits of presidential authority.Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board,

Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox called her removal “unprecedented and illegal” and vowed to challenge the decision.

Donald Trump is testing the limits of his power yet again—this time with the firing of multiple people on the National Labor Relations Board.

President Donald Trump purged two National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) leaders known for supporting worker rights on Tuesday, signaling a sharp re-orientation of federal law enforcement towards a management-friendly approach favored by business executives and supporters like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

President Trump on Monday fired two leaders of the National Labor Relations Board, in a major attack on workers’ rights and labor unions. Trump’s surprise removal of Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox came even though federal law says that board members can only be fired for neglect or malfeasance.

President Donald Trump fired Jennifer Abruzzo, the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel, on Jan. 28. Abruzzo was a champion of the student-athlete labor movement, which gained significant traction under the Biden administration.