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Trump Fires 2 EEOC Democratic Commissioners In Rare Move (2 )
President Donald Trump fired two Democratic Equal Employment Opportunity Commission members in an extraordinary relocation that undercuts the Democrats’ ballot bulk on the board, the pair verified in declarations Tuesday.
Trump’s firing of EEOC Commissioners Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrows leaves 2 seats on the five-member civil rights panel to be filled by elections from the brand-new administration.
The president also axed the commission’s general counsel, Karla Gilbride, who verified her dismissal in a statement posted to LinkedIn on Tuesday evening.
The firings of Samuels and Burrows bypass historical precedent of leaving commissioners in location at the independent company. Their ouster clears a path for employment the Trump administration to advance its second-term civil rights law agenda, employment which has up until now targeted diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and gender identity securities through executive orders.
Due to staggered terms, employment the Democrats would have maintained a majority on the five-member EEOC up until 2026, when Samuels’ term was set to expire. Without the Democrats’ ballot bloc in location, just recently named acting chair, Lucas, and future Trump appointees can steer the firm’s policy and lawsuits agenda.
Burrows, the former chair of the EEOC, Samuels, and Gilbride received word of their firings from the White House late Monday.
“I take pride in the work my associates and I have done to assist remove barriers for equal opportunity for all employees and to promote fair and nondiscriminatory workplaces. While I strongly disagree with the President’s actions, and will check out all legal choices offered to me, I will continue to do all I can to eliminate for the rights of American workers and to support the efforts of others who do the exact same,” Burrows stated her declaration, in which she also said she’s working with attorneys from Katz Banks Kumin LLP.
Trump also ended two other crucial officials from another independent labor-focused firm, the National Labor Relations Board. He fired Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox and Biden-era General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo on Monday.
The firings followed Republican-led states have mentioned securities commissioners at the EEOC have actually from being eliminated as unconstitutional in different claims challenging the agency’s work environment anti-harassment guidance and Pregnant Workers Fairness Act guidelines.
The EEOC is one of a number of federal companies dealing with claims from challengers that argue its leadership is unconstitutionally protected from being fired at will by the president.
“It has been an honor and an advantage to function as an EEOC Commissioner, and I deeply regret this Administration’s short-sighted and extraordinary decision to eliminate me from a position to which I stay committed. I am considering my legal options and will continue to promote strenuously for the civil rights of all employees,” Samuels stated in a declaration.
Gilbride’s shooting has more precedent in the commission’s history. Former President Joe Biden fired Trump-appointed EEOC Chair Sharon Gustafson in 2021 after she declined to step down.
Gilbride stated in her posted declaration she is happy of the results the EEOC achieves for employees, and is “disheartened by the recent executive orders that appear intended to distract federal agencies from their day-to-day work of serving the general public and instead require them to concentrate on settling ratings with, and erasing traces of, the previous administration.”
Only Lucas, who Trump called as acting chair Jan. 20, along with Democratic Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal remain on the civil liberties panel. There is also a job open from a seat left by Keith Sonderling, who Trump just recently named deputy labor secretary.