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A Labor Agency with No Labor Board

May 9, 2025 Marina Multhaup

No one knows what will happen to labor in the coming years under the hostile Trump administration. Trump has already fired NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo, unlawfully fired NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox, and unlawfully attempted to strip collective bargaining rights from thousands of public employees. We can expect the Trump Administration might take further actions to undermine […]

May 8, 2025
News & Commentary

Ajayan Williamson

Court upholds DOL farmworker protections; Fifth Circuit rejects Amazon appeal; NJTransit navigates negotiations and potential strike.

May 7, 2025
News & Commentary

Gurtaran Johal

U.S. Department of Labor announces termination of mental health and child care benefits for its employees; SEIU pursues challenge of NLRB's 2020 joint employer rule in the D.C. Circuit; Columbia University lays off 180 researchers

The Future of Judicial Deference to the NLRB

May 7, 2025 Jason Vazquez

It has been nearly ten months since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprise v. Raimondo displaced Chevron’s longstanding injunction that courts must defer to an agency’s “reasonable” interpretation of a statute Congress empowered it to administer — a bedrock precept of administrative law — with the directive to instead exercise “independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has […]

Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: Supreme Court Keeps Wilcox Sidelined

Apr 10, 2025 John Fry

John Fry on the recent flurry of orders in the Wilcox removal case.

April 8, 2025
News & Commentary

John Fry

D.C. Circuit reinstates Wilcox; DOL attempts to trim workforce again; unions split regarding Trump tariffs

Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: DC Circuit Halts Wilcox’s Return

Apr 2, 2025 John Fry

John Fry on the panel decision spelling trouble for agency independence.

March 31, 2025
News & Commentary

Justin Cassera

Trump signs executive order; Appeals court rules on NLRB firing; Farmworker activist detained by ICE.

Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: Wilcox Wins Seat Back, Agency Wins Elsewhere Despite Retreat

Mar 10, 2025 John Fry

John Fry on the order reinstating Wilcox and other decisions rejecting constitutional challenges to the agency.

February 25, 2025
News & Commentary

John Fry

NLRB stops defending removal protections but continues defending against injunctions; Colorado legislature considers ending right-to-work

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A Labor Agency with No Labor Board

May 8, 2025

May 7, 2025

The Future of Judicial Deference to the NLRB

Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: Supreme Court Keeps Wilcox Sidelined

April 8, 2025

Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: DC Circuit Halts Wilcox’s Return

March 31, 2025

Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: Wilcox Wins Seat Back, Agency Wins Elsewhere Despite Retreat

February 25, 2025