Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted to unionize early this week but may be stuck in limbo due to President Donald Trump firing leaders at a federal labor regulator.

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President Trump has fired the lone Democrat on the National Labor Relations Board, leaving the country’s top arbiter of union issues without

The removal of the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel had been expected. But the firing of a Democratic member stops it from protecting workers’ rights, for now.

President Donald Trump fired acting National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jessica Rutter, once again disrupting leadership at the agency.

President Donald Trump has removed a Democratic member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from office, an unprecedented move that will escalate an ongoing legal battle over the scope of the president's powers to control federal agencies.

The unprecedented moves leave the agencies unable to conduct even routine business and are likely to spur legal challenges.

Federal labor law explicitly limits removal of board members to instances of neglect or malfeasance. The termination is among several early moves Trump has made that push at the boundaries of executive authority.

After dismissing 17 independent inspectors general earlier, Trump fired a half dozen National Labor Relations Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials in a bid make them ideologically compatible.

President Donald Trump is forcing out top leaders of the U.S. labor board, ushering in a swift reboot of workplace law enforcement while testing the limits of presidential authority.