LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, February 27, 2025
Top Stories: Senate Committee votes to approve LCD for DOL; Court hears case involving 28-month strike; Driverless trucks are coming & dozens more articles...
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Senate committee recommends Lori Chavez-DeRemer's confirmation as Trump's labor secretary
A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Labor, one of the agencies named in lawsuits over moves by Elon Musk's cost-cutting team to access federal data systems.
Court hears injunction case involving Post-Gazette newsroom strikers
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s biggest union has lost 70% of its members since going out on strike 28 months ago, requiring immediate action to protect the union’s ability to bargain effectively for a new contract, a federal labor board attorney argued in court on Wednesday.
Driverless trucks are coming and unions aren’t happy about it
Robotaxi companies like Waymo get a lot of attention, but economically speaking, trucking is far more important. The trucking industry had revenues of almost $1 trillion in 2023, an order of magnitude larger than the $80 billion consumers spent on taxis and ride hailing apps that year. But so far no one has managed to operate driverless trucks at freeway speeds. The startup Aurora is aiming to be the first.
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