Dismissed labor official sues Trump and NLRB chair over firing

Gwynne Wilcox’s lawsuit says she was dismissed for a ‘blatantly political purpose that flies in the face of the NLRB’s independent status’. Photograph: NLRB

A former member of the top US labor watchdog has sued Donald Trump over her firing last week, describing it as an “unprecedented and illegal” attempt to strip the agency of its independence.

Gwynne Wilcox said her removal from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was a “blatant violation” of the National Labor Relations Act in a lawsuit against the president and Marvin Kaplan, whom Trump installed to chair the watchdog.