Former members of the top U.S. labor regulator sued Donald Trump last week for shooting, calling it an "unprecedented" attempt to strip his independent institutions.
Gwynne Wilcox said her removal from the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRB) was a "blatant violation" of the National Labor Relations Act, which was targeted by the President and Marvin Kaplan ( Marvin Kaplan’s lawsuit, Trump arranged for the chairperson of the watchdog.
Wilcox's sudden departure left the board with only two members, and the NLRB needed three quorums to make a major decision on the U.S. labor dispute. She is seeking an immediate reinstatement so that the board can continue to serve as a mandatory independent body of Congress.
The lawsuit states that if her sacking position, Wilcox would be the first and only board member since its inception in 1935.
The application states that Wilcox was fired for “confronting the blatant political purpose of flying in the NLRB’s independent status” and notes that the president failed to mention “examples of neglecting duties or failures” when firing the agency’s dismissal Board Member.
The White House claims she was removed from office, and the NLRB general counsel was because “these are left-wing appointments with a fundamental record of extending long-term labor laws and they have no senior appointments in the Trump administration.”
The move sparked a critical chorus, including the front chair from the NLRB, who criticized the termination in an interview with The Guardian.
“It is unprecedented to terminate the current board member due to the position she held in the case. It is obviously the opposite of the law.
Wilma B Liebman served as chairman of the NLRB from 2009 to 2011 under Barack Obama, prior to that, under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush served as a board member, calling Wilcox's termination "rough and shocking, contrary to the long-standing Supreme Court precedent, the Supreme Court precedent is Clear Language of Regulation (NLRA) and decades of customs”.
William B Gould IV, chairman of the NLRB from 1994 to 1998, claimed that Wilcox's dismissal was an attempt to undercut the workforce movement.
"Trump is playing his role, he's used to it, and that's what we do with the rule of law," he said. "I think politicizing in a way that Congress and the Constitution have never intended is the usurpation and attack on the rule of law," he said. When the president doesn’t like what they do, it is allowed to fire the board members.”