A major Biden nominee admitted to lawmakers on Thursday that she urged the president to take the unprecedented step of firing the nation's top federal labor prosecutor, creating the vacancy that she now hopes to fill.
Jennifer Abruzzo, nominee for general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, told senators she was part of a team that recommended general counsel Peter Robb be removed before his term was set to end.
Biden fired Robb immediately upon taking office after the Trump appointee refused to resign.
The firing has sparked legal challenges from workers arguing that the unprecedented firing was an attempt by Biden to shield union allies.
"Just as we view the abrupt firing of an FBI director as shocking and unprecedented, we should also view the firing of the general counsel with a similar concern," Burr said.
The NLRB consists of five appointees and is empowered to adjudicate conflicts between labor union management, workers, and companies.
If passed, the act will significantly empower labor unions and overturn right to work laws in more than half of the states in the country.
Friday, April 30, 2021
Biden Nominee Recommended Unprecedented Firing of Labor Arbiter
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