Fired Federal Worker Labor Board Chair Sues Trump Over Removal

Feb. 13, 2025, 7:13 PM UTC

The Democratic chair of the agency that enforces labor laws for the federal workforce is suing over what she says was her unwarranted removal from her post earlier by President Donald Trump.

Former Chair Susan Grundmann was removed from the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s website earlier this week, but the administration wouldn’t confirm if she was fired.

Grundmann said her firing was a “flagrant violation” of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, according to her complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. She argued that the president can remove her only for “inefficiency, ...

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