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

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.

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

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.

Federal labor law explicitly limits removal of board members to instances of neglect or malfeasance. The termination is among several early moves Trump has made that push at the boundaries of executive authority.

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,

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

It’s been a little more than a week since Inauguration Day, but the seismic shifts of presidential change in Washington, D.C. continue, now extending to and impacting the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board).