LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Top Stories: King Soopers files for TRO against UFCW; A round-up of lawsuits against DOGE; Prosecutors seek to unionize; Trump fires FLRA chair; A report on patient outcomes & dozens more articles...
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King Soopers files temporary restraining order against union picketing outside stores
UFCW Local 7, the union representing King Soopers workers, says the company has filed a temporary restraining order against them.
A roundup of litigation affecting federal employees, agencies
Since President Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, dozens of lawsuits have been filed challenging the legality and constitutionality of his efforts to reshape the federal government. Below is a selection of cases with recent developments that affect the federal workforce and agency operations, along with the current status of each case as of Feb. 12.
Cook County prosecutors seek to unionize in first major drive in decades
In the first major union drive to reach the office in decades, a group of assistant state’s attorneys have asked the office to voluntarily recognize a bargaining unit that would represent hundreds of government lawyers working for the country’s second largest prosecutor’s office.
Trump apparently fires FLRA chairwoman
Susan Tsui Grundmann’s term at the agency that oversees federal sector labor disputes was not set to end until July.
