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WaPo: Amazon and SpaceX aim to defang the federal labor board. Trump may help.
WaPo - (archived: https://archive.ph/UZa7Q ) Amazon and SpaceX aim to defang the federal labor board. Trump may help.
More than two dozen corporations are pursuing legal action against the agency that protects labor organizing as Trump weighs challenging its legal structure by firing Democratic board members.
By Caroline O'Donovan and Lauren Kaori Gurley
November 21, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. EST
Donald Trump’s presidential administration is poised to oversee major cuts to the powers of the federal agency that protects unions, as corporations including Elon Musk’s SpaceX barrage the National Labor Relations Board with lawsuits and Trump allies consider firing its Democratic members.
This week, Amazon, the nation’s second-largest private employer, and rocket maker SpaceX, founded by Trump adviser Musk, argued in federal court that the structure of the NLRB is unconstitutional. They are among two dozen cases working their way through the courts that seek to drastically rein in the board’s power.
Trump advisers have separately discussed taking the exceptional step of firing Democratic members of the five-person labor board, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions.
Taken together, the moves threaten to weaken or even eliminate an agency that under the Biden administration has taken a more active role in safeguarding unions and expanding their opportunities, but has been criticized by corporations for bias in favor of unions and legal overreach.
“These companies are trying to get the act overruled,” said Seth Goldstein, a labor lawyer who has represented Trader Joe’s and Amazon workers, referring to the 1935 law that established the NLRB. “And labor better wake up, because it’s coming.”
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More than two dozen corporations are pursuing legal action against the agency that protects labor organizing as Trump weighs challenging its legal structure by firing Democratic board members.
By Caroline O'Donovan and Lauren Kaori Gurley
November 21, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. EST
Donald Trump’s presidential administration is poised to oversee major cuts to the powers of the federal agency that protects unions, as corporations including Elon Musk’s SpaceX barrage the National Labor Relations Board with lawsuits and Trump allies consider firing its Democratic members.
This week, Amazon, the nation’s second-largest private employer, and rocket maker SpaceX, founded by Trump adviser Musk, argued in federal court that the structure of the NLRB is unconstitutional. They are among two dozen cases working their way through the courts that seek to drastically rein in the board’s power.
Trump advisers have separately discussed taking the exceptional step of firing Democratic members of the five-person labor board, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions.
Taken together, the moves threaten to weaken or even eliminate an agency that under the Biden administration has taken a more active role in safeguarding unions and expanding their opportunities, but has been criticized by corporations for bias in favor of unions and legal overreach.
“These companies are trying to get the act overruled,” said Seth Goldstein, a labor lawyer who has represented Trader Joe’s and Amazon workers, referring to the 1935 law that established the NLRB. “And labor better wake up, because it’s coming.”
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