President Donald Trump has removed a Democratic member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from office, an unprecedented move that will escalate an ongoing legal battle over the scope of the president's powers to control federal agencies.

As part of the flurry of executive actions taken during the first week of his administration, President Donald Trump has terminated the

Suppressing unions to favor big business is not popular or populist. is Trump going to far? Union approval is at an all time high.

Donald Trump is forcing out top leaders of the US labor board, ushering in a swift reboot of workplace law enforcement while testing the limits of presidential authority.Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board,

The unprecedented moves leave the agencies unable to conduct even routine business and are likely to spur legal challenges.

The removal of the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel had been expected. But the firing of a Democratic member stops it from protecting workers’ rights, for now.

President Donald Trump purged two National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) leaders known for supporting worker rights on Tuesday, signaling a sharp re-orientation of federal law enforcement towards a management-friendly approach favored by business executives and supporters like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox called her removal “unprecedented and illegal” and vowed to challenge the decision.

Donald Trump is testing the limits of his power yet again—this time with the firing of multiple people on the National Labor Relations Board.

President Donald Trump is forcing out top leaders of the US labor board, ushering in a swift reboot of workplace law enforcement while testing the limits of presidential authority.

Some agency employees who President Donald Trump terminated from their leadership roles Monday night are now “considering legal options.”