Sean Penn’s Non-Profit Wins Withdrawal of Case at Trump NLRB

US labor board prosecutors are ditching a Biden-era complaint that alleged Sean Penn illegally threatened his non-profit’s workers, the latest sign of a more management-friendly enforcement approach under President Donald Trump.

In a Friday filing, a regional official at the US National Labor Relations Board ordered the withdrawal of a complaint against Community Organized Relief Effort, Penn’s disaster relief organization. While the agency’s investigation had concluded that an email Penn sent staff contained illegal implied threats, “the conduct is isolated in nature,” with no “ongoing unlawful effect” on working conditions, regional director Danielle Pierce wrote in her order. Pierce ...