LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, March 31, 2025
Top Stories: The NLRB is without a quorum (again); Trump's orders are ripe for challenge; Fetterman wants to give SNAP to strikers; IBEW & National Grid agree to CBA & 64 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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D.C. Circuit Rules Trump Can Remove Independent Agency Members Without Cause
On March 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that President Donald Trump likely has the authority to remove National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwynne Wilcox and Merit Systems Protections Board (MSPB) member Cathy Harris without cause.
Trump's Order Ending Union Contracts Ripe for Legal Challenge
The Trump administration’s attempt to leverage a little-used law covering national security-related workers in order to cancel union contracts across the federal workforce is poised to draw lawsuits claiming it was misapplied to hundreds of thousands of government employees.
NLRB WITHOUT A QUORUM (AGAIN)…
Sen. Fetterman pushes to give SNAP benefits to striking workers
On March 26, U.S. Senator John Fetterman joined Reps. Alma Adams of North Carolina and Greg Casar of Texas to introduce the Food Secure Strikers Act, which would allow striking workers to qualify for SNAP benefits.
National Grid, union leaders reach tentative contract agreement
National Grid and union leaders representing nearly 1,200 natural gas and power plant workers on Long Island reached a tentative contract agreement in the early morning hours of Saturday, both sides said.
Fort Wayne Coca-Cola employees reach deal after weeks long strike
Coca-Cola employees will now return to work after a three-week strike led by the Teamsters Local 414.
Feud between CTU, SEIU threatens Chicago Mayor Johnson's political future
The host committee for an upcoming fundraiser for Brandon Johnson doesn’t include the Service Employees International Union or any of its affiliated unions. That’s a potent signal that the union helping to bankroll and staff Johnson’s 2023 campaign is disenchanted with the mayor, and may not support him for a second term.
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