Opinion How Trump and Musk are eviscerating workers’ rights Trump’s National Labor Relations Board won’t defend its own constitutionality, and the Labor Department is in Elon Musk’s crosshairs.Source Links: How Trump and Musk are eviscerating workers’ rightsLast Thursday, President Donald Trump’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its intention to commit institutional suicide. The NLRB enforces workers’ rights to organize unions and collectively bargain over their wages and working conditions. At the end of January, Trump essentially shut it down by firing one of its members. This leaves the board below the quorum it needs to operate (beyond issues that can be handled by regional offices).
The law creating the NLRB specifies that its members can be fired “for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause.” Trump’s decision to fire NLRB board member Gwynne Wilcox blatantly violates this provision. On Wednesday, she filed a lawsuit to get her job back. That issue could be tied up in the courts for a long time to come.
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