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Donald Trump
National
White House says it supports PLAs
Trump is keeping intact a Biden executive order that requires project labor agreements on federal construction projects over $35 million.
Retirement
Trump administration says crypto is fine as a pension investment
Cryptocurrency has no inherent value and generates no income. That’s why in 2022 DOL advised retirement plans against considering it.
National
Judge blocks Trump order that busts unions for federal workers
To bust their unions, Trump declared falsely that dozens of agencies — from BLM to the EPA — have national security as their core mission.
National
Federal unions go to court to stop Trump order on union rights
Two cases are pending challenging the order that strips about 1 million federal workers of their all union rights.
National
NLRB’s Gwynne Wilcox: back again, gone again
The National Labor Relations Board is once again without a quorum, which means that labor law appeals will be frozen.
National
Labor demands return of union apprentice jailed in El Salvador
The deportation case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has gone all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and is drawing worldwide attention.
National
Trump’s appointee to the NLRB rolls back union gains under Biden
William Cowen was appointed to serve as NLRB's acting general counsel while the permanent nominee, Crystal Carey, awaits Senate confirmation.
National
Trump terminates union rights for 1 million federal workers
Trump’s March 27 order may go down as the largest and most aggressive single act of union-busting in U.S. history.
International
Labor secretary slashes solidarity grants
Federal funding cuts have decimated the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center and all but ended U.S. support for international labor rights work.
Trade
Unpacking Trump’s Trade War
Lori Wallach is one of America’s foremost experts on trade policy. The Labor Press spoke with her via Zoom.
National
Trump orders nationwide layoff of federal mediators
After 78 years of work resolving labor disputes, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is almost entirely shut down.
National
Trump names corporate lawyer to top spot at NLRB
Employer-side labor attorney Crystal Carey worked for the NLRB from 2009 to 2018 before becoming partner at the world’s 10th largest law firm.
National
Trump tosses Biden order that raised wages for federal contract workers
The Biden executive order had raised wages for 390,000 workers, about one fifth of the federal contract workforce.
National
Postal unions protest privatization threats nationwide
President Trump has said privatizing USPS was an idea he’d consider, and on Feb. 24 he said he may put it under the U.S. Commerce Department.
National
Judges order reinstatement of fired federal workers
Tens of thousands of federal workers were illegally fired during their probationary period under orders from the Trump administration.
National
DOGE: Too many labor mediators?
FMCS helps avert strikes by sending mediators to shuttle between union and employer negotiators when talks break down.
National
Chavez-DeRemer walks back support for PRO Act
President Trump’s nominee for Labor Secretary, a former Oregon Congresswoman, won’t push a minimum wage increase either.
National
Federal worker purge hits the Northwest hard
Trump’s mass firing of probationary employees is hitting workers who fight forest fires and maintain the power grid.
Jobs
Judge tosses Biden order on project labor agreements
So far, President Trump has left in place the Biden order requiring PLAs on federal construction projects.
