Trump fires NLRB’s general counsel, Democrat board member

Unprecedented removal of Gwynne Wilcox from the labour board will test the scope of the president’s powers

Abruzzo and Willcox
Left to right: NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Democrat Board Member Gwynne Wilcox

President Donald Trump has fired Jennifer Abruzzo – the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) pro-union general counsel for the past four years – and the first Black woman to serve on