Susan Tsui Grundmann

Susan Tsui Grundmann is an American attorney and a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, serving as the authority's chair from 2023 to 2025. She is contesting her removal.

Career

She was a law clerk for the 19th Judicial Circuit in Virginia. She had been confirmed by voice vote.

Until nominated to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Grundmann served as the executive director and Chief Operating Officer of the US Congress Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, formerly known as the Office of Compliance. In that role, she had testified before the US Congress. A major issue under her office's purview is dealing with sexual harassment in the Legislative Branch.

On March 30, 2022, the US Senate agreed to bring the debate to a close on her nomination to the Federal Labor Relations Authority. On May 12, 2022, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Grundmann's nomination.

On February 11, 2025, The Guardian reported that Grundmann had been dismissed by President Trump. According to federal law, FLRA members can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office". She filed suit against the president on February 13. On June 18, 2025, the decision was temporarily stayed by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In early July, an appeal court permitted the removal of Tsui Grundmann, based on recent Supreme Court decisions, as her lawsuit is considered.