Judge Reinstates Labor Authority Official Fired by Trump (1)

The former chair of the agency that enforces labor laws for the federal workforce will return to her job, reversing President Donald Trump‘s decision to fire her in February, a US district judge ruled.

Susan Grundmann, who Trump terminated as member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, can stay in her role, said US District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan in her decision Wednesday.

Grundmann said in her February lawsuit that her removal was a “flagrant violation” of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The administration removed Grundmann from the FLRA website ...