LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, March 28, 2025
Top Stories: Trump ends collective bargaining for many federal workers; "March on the Boss" was protected; Post-Loper Bright, SCOTUS declines NLRB case; The rise of Optimus? & 63 more articles...
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If the workers surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915
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Trump administration moves to end union rights for many federal workers
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said Thursday that President Trump signed an executive order limiting numerous agency employees from unionizing and instructing the government to stop engaging in any collective bargaining.
Trump order aims to outlaw most government unions on ‘national security’ grounds
AFL-CIO President on Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order: “Very Definition of Union-Busting”
AFGE Condemns Trump's Retaliatory Attempt to Outlaw Federal Unions
NLRB Edge: Starbucks Workers "March On the Boss" Did Not Lose Protection
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in a case involving Starbucks Corporation and Workers United, addressing allegations of unfair labor practices at a Starbucks store in downtown Los Angeles. The Board affirmed Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Jeffrey D. Wedekind's dismissal of a complaint allegation that Starbucks violated Section 8(a)(5) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act by failing to provide the Union with prior notice and an opportunity to bargain over its decision to discipline employee Araseli Romero and the effects of that decision.
SCOTUS Declines to Shine a Light on NLRB Deference Post-Chevron
While the legal blogosphere has spent considerable ink weighing the impact of Loper Bright, the Supreme Court recently rejected a pair of petitions on the amount of deference owed to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), casting an even longer shadow over Loper Bright. So, what can we learn from the Supreme Court’s inaction?
The Rise of Tesla’s Optimus: How AI Robots Could Reshape Manufacturing
Elon Musk has a vision of millions of Tesla humanoid robots marching onto factory floors in a few years—and his company’s not alone in pushing this transformative tech.
FLASHBACK: Amazon Grows To Over 750,000 Robots As World's Second-Largest Private Employer Replaces Over 100,000 Humans
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