LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, February 21, 2025
Top Stories: Federal judge okays Trump layoffs; Teamsters end two Hertz strikes; Port of LA truck drivers strike; What is Humphrey's Executor & dozens more articles
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Federal judge rules Trump administration can go through with layoffs of government employees
A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration can continue with mass government layoffs, in a ruling Thursday against a group of government employee unions.
Truthout: Federal Workers Are Rallying the Labor Movement to Fight Musk’s Takeover
Hertz Teamsters in Texas and Florida End Strikes, Ratify Contracts
Hertz Teamsters at the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Airport and Palm Beach International (PBI) Airport have ratified new collective bargaining agreements, successfully ending their strikes.
Port of LA Truck Drivers Strike to Protest Low Wages, Poor Labor Conditions
More than 70 truck drivers who haul imported cargo from the Port of Los Angeles to warehouses in the Inland Empire are on strike Friday to protest harsh labor conditions imposed by their employers.
What is Humphrey’s Executor? A look at the 90-year-old SCOTUS decision Trump is targeting
A month into President Donald Trump 's second term, lawyers for the Republican administration seem intent on provoking a legal fight to overturn a 90-year-old Supreme Court decision known as Humphrey’s Executor that has been critical to the development of the modern U.S. government.
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