IAM Union is calling on President Trump to immediately reverse his decision and reinstate Gwynne Wilcox to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). IAM Union believes this action is critical for ensuring that working Americans receive the full protections they are entitled to under U.S. labor law.
On Jan. 27, President Trump unlawfully dismissed Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on the board. This decision was not only a violation of legal processes, but also a direct assault on the rights of American workers.
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By reducing the NLRB to only two members, the president has effectively crippled the board’s ability to function, leaving workers vulnerable to union-busting tactics and retaliation.
“The IAM urges President Trump to reverse the unprecedented and illegal firing of National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox, restore the Board’s independence, and protect workers’ rights,” said IAM International President Brian Bryant in a letter sent to members of Congress.
Thanks in large part to the IAM’s advocacy, a bipartisan group of 265 lawmakers, including every single U.S. House and Senate Democrat, as well as U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), sent a letter to President Trump urging him to reinstate Wilcox “to restore the NLRB’s ability to protect the rights of American workers to organize and collectively bargain, which have already been impaired by understaffing at the agency and now are effectively lost by the lack of quorum on the NLRB.”
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