A May 22 move by the Supreme Court may signal the end of the NLRB’s independence, say labor leaders,
and transform the agency into an extension of the White House.
In turn, they warn, Donald Trump could use the board to reward friends and punish enemies.
“It’s time to ring the alarm bell across the labor movement,”
said Jody Calemine, the director of advocacy at the AFL-CIO, the national union federation representing nearly 15 million workers across the country.