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President Joe Biden (Image: Twitter/@CNNPolitics) The Biden Administration has fired four people, including two in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who were appointed by former President Donald Trump. The firings break a precedent where presidents of both parties have allowed the general counsel to finish their terms. Peter Robb, who served as the board’s general counsel, was asked to step down by the Biden Administration. Robb refused, calling the request “unprecedented since the ...

Peter B. Robb, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, was deeply unpopular with prominent labor unions.

After Robb refused to resign, Biden fired him, a White House spokesperson confirmed to HuffPost. Unions despise Robb and wanted to see him ousted quickly, even though presidents usually do not fire the NLRB’s general counsel, who acts as a quasi-prosecutor. Robb had more than nine months left in his four-year term at the board. Pushing Robb out now leaves the Republican with no more time to pursue anti-labor policies at the NLRB, which enforces collective bargaining laws and referees disputes...

President Biden has fired the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel after he refused to resign.Biden asked Peter Robb, a Trump appointee, for his resignation on Wednesday. He refused to resign and was fired later that day, a White House spokesperson confirmed to The Hill.Robb was sworn into the role in November 2017 for a four-year term slated to end this November. The NLRB is an independent agency governed by a five-person...

The fracas began Wednesday when the Biden administration asked now-former general counsel Peter Robb to resign, a White House official said, a precedent-breaking move.

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Hoffa: President Biden Takes Correct Step In Firing NLRB General Counsel January 21, 2021 GMT International Brotherhood Of Teamsters. (PRNewsFoto/International Brotherhood of Teamsters) WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on President Biden’s decision to fire National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel Peter Robb af...

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“Today is a good day,” declared the SEIU, which had called on the president to immediately oust NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb. After taking office, President Joe Biden requested the resignation of Peter Robb, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. (Photo: NLRB) Along with signing a slate of executive orders after taking office on Wednesday, President Joe Biden requested the resignation of and ultimately fired Peter Robb, the general counsel of the National Labor Rela...

President Biden in a break with precedent fired the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, a Senate-confirmed position, on his first day in the White House. 

Violating Norms On Day One, Biden Axes Respected Labor Attorney President Joe Biden caved to the demands of labor unions and fired the National Labor Relations Board’s top prosecutor on Wednesday, a move that many have labeled as “unprecedented.” While members of the NLRB general counsel usually serve four-year terms, shortly after his inauguration, Biden pressured attorney Peter Robb to resign from his position before his tenure at the independent agency expired. Robb refused to resign, ...