White House Pushed Job Cuts at Agency That’s Clashed With Musk

The White House is privately urging the federal labor board to reduce staff, despite pushback by Trump-appointed officials warning that further cuts would imperil the agency’s functions.

Reviewers from the Office of Management and Budget recently deemed the US National Labor Relations Board’s rationale for avoiding layoffs inadequate. “Without more, the agency cannot fully exempt itself from further staff reductions,” OMB staff said in a response to the NLRB. The memo urged the labor board to “think creatively” about how to use a set of tactics, including layoffs, to reduce headcount.