Two of the three Democratic members of the Equal Employment opportunity committee may show dramatic changes in the government's approach to the rights of workers in the employment discrimination dispute. In the round of the firing, he said that President Trump was removed from their role. 。
Charlotte A. Barouss and Joseline Samuels said they were excluded from their work late on Monday late. Their expulsion may leave the distributor without the number of sets that make it possible to take formal actions.
She said in a telephone interview that EEOC's legal advisor, Carla Gilbride, was fired on Monday night. Calpana Kotagal, the third Democratic Party member, did not respond immediately to comment requests. Kotagar's term of term expires in July 2027.
Since Trump took office on January 20, their removal has occurred between the whirlwind of action. Many are aiming for diversity, fairness, and inclusion policies in the workplaces that Trump and his supporters labeled the “awakening policy.”
Mr. Trump also fired one member of the National Labor Committee and a member of the National Labor Committee on Monday, and his institution was effectively mavered.
The dismissal came three years before her term, for Barows, who was appointed a committee by former President Barak Obama. Samuel's said that her term did not end until July 2026. Both were identified by the Senate, revealing the question of whether Trump has increased his limits.
EEOC supports workers who believe that they were discriminated against employers to take action. NLRB's mission is to enforce the rights of employees in the private sector and take collective actions.
Last week, Trump hit Andrea Lucas, who was appointed EEOC chairman of EEOC in a statement last week on his committee member Andrea Lucas in October 2020. For all Americans. “
She stated that her priorities include “eradicating illegal DEI motivation races and gender discrimination.”
Lucas refused to comment and introduced all media inquiries to the EEOC media team Vincentchen. Chen said that all inquiries about the committee were introduced to the White House.
The White House spokeswoman did not immediately request a comment.
With the firing, EEOC leaves only two commissioners, including the acting chair.
Barows was appointed EEOC in 2015 and worked as a committee chair until Lucas's appointment in January 2021. Her term was set to expire in 2028. According to the EEOC website, Barouss focused on the execution of the Civil Rights Law. She has started initiatives on artificial intelligence and hiring practices to expand diversity and package.
In the statement, Barouses, who holds a lawyer, called her unprecedented removal, saying, “I will explore all legal options I can use.”
“It is unprecedented to eliminate me with Samuel's committee members a long time ago, and to protect employees from discrimination, support the employer's compliance, and understand general perception and understanding. She will say in the Federal Employment Law of this independent work to expand.
In a statement, Samuel's was in a statement that the removal of her was a fundamental misunderstanding of EEOC's nature as an independent institution.
“These removal is left in the EEOC without a fixed number of feet, which hinders the abilities of institutions that protect workers from illegal discrimination,” said Samewels.
Samuel's was launched in the committee in 2020 and was confirmed in the second phase, ending in 2026. She used to work as the Director of the US Ministry of Health in the Faculty of Law in the UCLA Law. service.
The two fired commissioners, along with Mr. Kotagal, prohibited the discrimination of workplaces by the federal contractor in 1965, following Trump's decision on January 21, and the historical presidential President. We have issued a statement that the order will be withdrawn.
Immediately after Trump took office, the Judician asked the Federal Affairs to cancel oral arguments in the case of challenging the EEOC guidance on the gender identity of the workplace. A lawyer of the government said that the conflict was changed based on Trump's presidential order, stating that the federal government recognized only two gender.
According to the notation in the Docket, the judge agree to cancel the discussions that are scheduled for the clear importance of administrative orders for this lawsuit.
