LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Top Stories: DOGE goes after dollars spent on union bargaining; Newsom urges VTU & ATU to bargain; No bargaining order for a Starbucks location; Trump cancels Biden's minimum wage order & more...
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Trump Targets Spending on Labor Union Talks in Latest DOGE Move
President Donald Trump’s administration is mandating federal agencies report how much they spent negotiating labor union contracts for the past year, a sign that collective bargaining agreements could be the next target in a government cost-cutting push.
Newsom urges VTA, union to resume talks as strike disrupts 100,000 riders
The transit agency sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend, asking him to intervene in contract negotiations between VTA and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, which represents 1,500 employees.
VTA’s legal request to stop strike denied
Bloomberg: Starbucks Labor Violations Too Minimal for Bargaining Order (paywall)
Starbucks Corp. managers at a Missouri cafe must cease telling workers they cannot record unionization conversations, though they will not be required to bargain with the baristas’ union, as the company’s actions didn’t warrant overturning an election, a National Labor Relations Board judge said.
Trump nixes $17.75 minimum wage for federal contractors adopted by Biden…
President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order issued by his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, that required businesses that contract with the federal government to pay workers a minimum wage of $17.75 an hour.
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