Labor Board Given In-House DOGE Shadows to Review Operations (2)

Two representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency will “be detailed” to the National Labor Relations Board headquarters, according to an agency email reviewed by Bloomberg Law.

The email, sent by NLRB Director of Administration Lasharn Hamilton Wednesday afternoon, said the DOGE detail will last for “several months” and was assigned after a meeting with board leadership.

The announcement comes a day after NPR broke the news that a whistleblower alleges DOGE accessed sensitive data at the NLRB. Privacy concerns of DOGE’s data access have been raised at other agencies including the Social Security Administration, the Department of Education, and the Treasury Department.

The Trump-created effort, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has requested information about NLRB operations but “asked us to remove any personally identifiable information,” Hamilton said. The DOGE representatives will “occasionally” be at the labor board’s headquarters in Washington D.C. but will conduct most of their work remotely, the email said.

Musk’s companies have grappled with the NLRB numerous times over the past several years.

SpaceX challenged the constitutionality of elements of the NLRB in two separate lawsuits that were filed in response to unfair labor practice charges against the company, including one alleging the aerospace company illegally fired workers over their criticism of Musk.

Musk’s electric car company, Tesla Inc., convinced the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overturn board rulings that he illegally intimidated workers with an anti-union tweet and violated federal labor law with its dress code.

An NLRB spokesperson declined to provide further comment.