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MarkGPearce

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Arbitrator, Artist, Educator- Lover of Labor Jazz & Justice - opinions mine only. Reposts not endorsements

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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Honored to be receiving a life achievement award at the LERA 78th annual meeting May 28-31, 2026 in Minneapolis | Mark Gaston Pearce
Honored to be receiving a life achievement award at the LERA 78th annual meeting May 28-31, 2026 in Minneapolis
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Dem Ellen Higgins wins Miami's mayoral race. Dem win is first in almost 30 years giving the party control of the office for the first time in almost three decades in another victory for Democrats ahead of next year’s pivotal midterm elections.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
apnews.com/live/2025-el... Race Call: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance - Oh so sad ✊🏾😏
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Election Night Live updates: Democrat Abigail Spanberger is elected Virginia's first female governor
U.S. votes during Election Night 2025, with results to come in races including New York City's mayoral election, New Jersey and Virginia governor and California's Proposition 50.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
NLRB Poised for a Partisan Shift: With the Senate HELP Committee advancing two of President Trump’s nominees, the NLRB may soon regain a quorum and shift to its first Republican-led majority since 2021 — potentially signaling changes to existing federal labor law.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
OMG In a 2-1 order issued Friday, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit halted decisions by lower court judges that blocked Trump’s removal of National Labor Relations Board Chair Gwynne Wilcox and Cathy Harris, a member of the Merit Systems Protections Board-leaving both agencies w/o a quorum
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
March 5 @ 10 am EST are oral arguments on the unlawful and unprecedented dismissal of the first black woman member of the NLRB. The National Labor Relations Board needs a quorum so workers' rights can be protected! #reinstatewilcox
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Gene Hackman, Oscar-winning star of ‘The French Connection,’ found dead alongside wife and dog - NBC News
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault
President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems
The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 attorneys general accusing the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let DOGE comb through federal computer systems.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It’s time to start wrapping our heads around the real possibility that collective action and even a general strike are required. Musk is working fast to solidify control, do as much damage as possible, and party “opposition” is not up to the fight. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/collective...
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Collective Action is the Way Out
Like it or not, the fight is here. And it's time to start fighting.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia. Looks like Jeff Bezos's investment in Trump is paying off.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Tonight Gwynne Wilcox talked with Rachel Maddow about her unlawful firing from the NLRB and what that means for the American worker
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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Former National Labor Relations Board member who was fired by Trump speaks out
Gwynne Wilcox is suing the president, arguing that he had no legal cause to fire her.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Gwynne Wilcox stands up for the integrity and independence of the National Labor Relations Board in an interview on CBS this morning. Bravo.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 05/02/2025
THE LABOR MOVEMENT AIN'T FUCKING AROUND
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia. Looks like Jeff Bezos' investment in Trump is paying off.
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Amazon's Whole Foods cites Trump's NLRB purge as grounds for rejecting union win
Last month, workers at a Whole Foods store in Philadelphia voted in favor of joining the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
New lawsuit: The AFL-CIO is asking a federal judge to block unelected billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Department of Labor systems, which the union warns could give Musk sensitive information about investigations into his companies.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
NEW: Gwynne Wilcox—the NLRB Board Member illegally fired by Trump—has filed a lawsuit contesting her removal. She's represented by Gupta Wessler. This suit tees up an explosive test case about the president's power over independent agencies. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
VIOLATION OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT,
29 U.S.C. § 153(a)
19. Under the NLRA’s plain language, Ms. Wilcox has a clear legal entitlement to
retain her position as a member of the National Labor Relations Board. Section 153(a) states, in
mandatory terms, that a “member of the Board may be removed by the President, upon notice
and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause.” 29 U.S.C. § 153(a)
(emphasis added).
20. President Trump’s removal of Ms. Wilcox as a member of the Board without
purporting to identify any neglect of duty or malfeasance, and without providing notice or a
hearing, is unlawful under section 153(a) and is an obvious attempt to intentionally contravene
Congress’s statutory scheme.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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With federal student labor rights in limbo, Brown’s unions push for state-level protections
Brown’s graduate union is working with the RI AFL-CIO to codify student union rights in state law.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 03/02/2025
The @nlrbgov.bsky.social safeguards workers' right to form unions in their workplaces. President Trump illegally firing Gwynne Wilcox from the NLRB effectively shuts down their operations and makes it easier for bosses to deny workers’ right to organize. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump fires senior labor board official in ‘unprecedented and illegal’ move
Gwynne Wilcox pledges to challenge decision after dismissal in effect paralyzes National Labor Relations Board
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
BREAKING: Fired NLRB Member Sues In Test Of President's Power Law360 (February 5, 2025, 10:03 AM EST) -- Fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox challenged removal in Washington, D.C., federal court Wed arguing in a test of 90-year-old USSC precedent that the NLRA blocked her ouster.
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Lady Brentwood @brentwoodgus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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a woman talking on a telephone with the words please do something written below her
ALT: a woman talking on a telephone with the words please do something written below her
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 01/02/2025
When millions of struggling workers want to join unions, Trump's decision to neuter the NLRB is blatantly illegal. It is also a huge gift to Musk, Bezos & other billionaires who want to abolish the only federal agency that can stop their union busting. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Trump firings at labor board threaten union win at Whole Foods – and beyond
Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted to unionize early this week but may be stuck in limbo due to President Donald Trump firing leaders at a federal labor regulator.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/02/2025
Time sensitive: we've created a generic informal grievance template. Always defer to your collective bargaining unit. This isn't legal advice, just a recommendation based on personal experience. www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
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Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions
There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Law360 (January 24, 2025, 4:59 PM EST) -- Law students across the country are scrambling to figure out their next steps after a range of federal agencies yanked job and internship offers this week because of the new hiring freeze imposed by the Trump administration.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Trump’s Labor Board Firing of Wilcox Sets Up Agency Independence Test Case. Unprecedented firing of a NLRB member runs afoul of longstanding US Supreme Court precedent protecting independent agency Firing of Gwynne Wilcox is part of purge of so called “far-left appointees with radical records.”
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Beyond the pale
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Ousted Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox calls her firing by Trump illegal and says she will pursue "all legal avenues" to challenge it www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump fires US labor board member, hobbling agency amid legal battles
President Donald Trump has removed a Democratic member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from office, an unprecedented move that will escalate an ongoing legal battle over the scope of the president's powers to control federal agencies.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/01/2025
BREAKING: Trump has moved to fire the dem members of the EEOC and the NLRB - two independent agencies that provide protections for unions and workers. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump moves to fire members of EEOC, NLRB boards, breaking with precedent
The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
FLSA's silence causes Unanimous USSC to reject heightened standard of proof for showing wkrs are exempt from Overtime rules - making it easier for employers to show employees aren’t entitled to OT. Now employers need merely show that it’s more likely than not an employee is exempt from OT rules.
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I know the fear/anxiety of evacuations and waiting to see what happens to your home in natural disasters. Some of my dear friends/colleagues have now lost their homes. I am grateful for their lives and the incredibly brave work of the LAFD. My heart breaks for all my neighbors and our beloved city.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Workers File Petition To Join UAW At Ky. EV Battery Maker By Emily Brill · LAW360 UAW filed a petition for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board at the soon-to-open Blue Oval SK plant in Glendale, Kentucky a new electric vehicle battery mfr
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Sportico reports that College Playrs Grp on 1/10/24 Drops NLRB Chrg v USC NCAA & Pac-12 to give college sports industry“adequate time” to transition to revenue-sharing before deciding on employee status of athletes Move comes less than 2 wks after Dartmouth's men's basketball team w/d union bid
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 11/01/2025
2025 Prediction: more strikes, more unions, more worker wins.
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
FYI Stormy Weather Ahead -Fmr GC Peter Robb &Alice Stock who were removed from NLRB by Biden compose Trumps NLRB transition team & are responsible for gathering information to assist Trump on appointment & budgetary decisions for NLRB—both practice at Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
"Services and medications that might not be covered under the ruling include statins to prevent heart disease, lung cancer screening, HIV prevention, as well as medications to lower the risk of breast cancer for high-risk women." What could possibly go wrong?
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Trump’s pick to head OMB Russell Vought says he wants government employees “traumatically affected” and “to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” Targeting our nation’s public servants is wrong and dangerous.
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Opinion | I’m a Federal Employee. This Is What We Need Most in the Trump Era.
Practical support matters more than encouragement.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 09/01/2025
2M SEIU Members 🤝 13M AFL-CIO Members SEIU just joined America’s biggest federation of labor unions, the @aflcio.org. Together, we’re taking on corporate union busters and changing the rules so every worker who wants a union can have one. Let’s do this!
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MarkGPearce @markgpearceadr.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
FYI Stormy Weather Ahead -Fmr GC Peter Robb &Alice Stock who were removed from NLRB by Biden compose Trumps NLRB transition team & are responsible for gathering information to assist Trump on appointment & budgetary decisions for NLRB—both practice at Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
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