On his first day in office, President Joe Biden fired a key figure at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a move that’s being called a clear signal the agency is moving from a probusiness to a prounion stance.
Shortly after Biden was sworn in on January 20, NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb was informed he had until 5 p.m. to resign or be fired, according to news reports. Robb released his response to the resignation request by saying he would “decline to resign from my Senate-confirmed four-year term appointment . . . less than 10 months before the expiration of my term.”