LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Top Stories: California considers rideshare driver unionization; AFGE moves to block Trump on ending collective bargaining; Humphreys heads to SCOTUS with NLRB firing & 56 more articles...
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California lawmakers to propose legislation giving ride-hailing drivers right to unionize
California lawmakers are pursuing legislation that could give drivers for apps like Uber and Lyft the ability to form unions, while still being classified as independent contractors.
Unions move to block Trump from nixing bargaining for federal workers
A group of unions on Monday asked a federal judge in San Francisco to bar the Trump administration from eliminating collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
Saga of Fired NLRB Member, Who Was Just Reinstated Again, Appears Headed to Supreme Court
The full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday issued a divided ruling that reinstated two members of labor-focused independent agencies whom the Trump administration had sought to remove. The ruling is likely not the end of the legal saga and the case appears headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Reason: A Rendezvous With Humphrey
NLRB Edge: Union-as-Employer Dinged for Mistreatment of Union Staff
This Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision addresses the unusual situation where a labor union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 111, was charged with violating the NLRA as an employer when its own employees unionized.
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