Biden fires Trump-appointed labor board general counsel who refused to resign - The Washington Post

A standoff between the Biden administration and the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel ended Wednesday evening in the top lawyer’s firing, according to a White House official.

It began earlier Wednesday, when the Biden administration asked Robb to resign, the White House official said, a precedent-breaking move first reported by Bloomberg Law.

Republicans decried Robb’s firing and said Biden was jeopardizing the agency’s independence.

“I urge President Biden to rescind this ill-advised and divisive action against a Senate-confirmed official and allow General Counsel Robb to finish the job he was appointed to do independently and free from political influence,” Foxx said in a statement.

Terrence Wise, a McDonald’s employee in Kansas City and an activist with Fight for $15 and a Union, said that Robb “stood in our way.”.

“By asking Peter Robb to step down on day one, President Biden is already showing how things are changing in Washington

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