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President Joe Biden fired an independent federal labor regulator within hours of taking office on Wednesday in an unprecedented move that was cheered by labor unions.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Labor law, along with other employment-related policy matters, is at the forefront of the political, economic, and oftentimes cultural divide in the nation. With the change in Presidential administrations, some knowledgeable commentators contend that “everything” in the law and broader economy is now up for change, and much hangs on whether the filibuster rule remains viable in the U.S. Senate. Immediate change is likely, includin...

And he said Mr. Biden’s firing of the general counsel Peter Robb at the National Labor Relations Board, nearly a year before his term ends, was a “truly unprecedented move.” Mr. Biden signed several executive actions immediately after his inauguration on Wednesday, reversing many policies of former President Donald Trump. Mr. McConnell said he and Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat, are having “good faith” talks on an agreement for rules to run the evenly divided Senate. Vice President Ka...

The NLRB is one of the most powerful regulatory agencies in government and it's a sure bet Joe Biden is eager to put his stamp on the board.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Minutes following his swearing in, President Joe Biden demanded that Peter Robb resign his post as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Robb refused to resign and, in an unprecedented move, was summarily fired by the White House. Robb has been a lightning rod for criticism from organized labor. He was confirmed by the Senate for a term slated to end in November 2021. Published reports say Biden had been under ...

President Biden has an answer for that: Not to worry. In the very first executive orders of his presidency, Biden has signaled that he intends to do more than merely repeal and reverse Trump’s policies. His plan is to eradicate any trace of Trumpism from American government. To tackle these challenges effectively, executive departments and agencies must ... use robust regulatory action to address national priorities. President Joe Biden Advertisement Implicit in Biden’s first orders is th...

Biden Urged to Keep Firing Spree Going By Sacking Social Security Holdovers “The only thing that is acceptable at the Social Security Administration is a new commissioner and a new deputy commissioner who believe in the system, the movement won’t accept anything less.” After President Joe Biden kicked off his White House tenure Wednesday by sacking several corrupt and incompetent holdovers from the Trump administration—including labor board attorney Peter Robb and CFPB Director Kat...

Biden fires Trump-appointed labor board general counsel and deputy who refused to resign Eli Rosenberg, Reis Thebault Replay Video UP NEXT The Biden administration fired the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel, Peter Robb, breaking with precedent to end the tenure of a figure seen as a foe by worker advocates and labor unions. Robb’s deputy, Alice B. Stock, was also fired after refusing to resign. The fracas at the NLRB, an important but normally staid bod...

Column: Biden signals his goal of eradicating every trace of the Trump era from U.S. memory Michael Hiltzik © Provided by The LA Times Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. Can he make the country forget Trump? Hell certainly try. (Associated Press) Even with the turnover of the Senate to Democratic control, there has been a fear that Donald Trumps trashing of governmental norms was so profound that it would take years for the nation t...

January 21, 2021 9:00 a.m. President Biden’s administration fired the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel on Wednesday evening after he refused to resign, according to multiple reports. The news of the firing of Peter Robb, a Trump appointee and the board’s top lawyer, was first reported by Bloomberg Law and later confirmed by Politico and the Washington Post. The dismissal, which came just hours after Biden’s inauguration as the president, signals effo...