LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, March 4, 2025
TOP STORIES: Sen. Hawley to introduce Binding Arbitration Bill; The battle at the Department of Education; Striking NY prison guards fired;
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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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Republican Senator Josh Hawley Introduces Bill For Binding Arbitration On First Contracts
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is introducing a major bipartisan, union-backed labor bill on Tuesday, according to a draft first obtained by Axios.
An Unprecedented Start for the Education Department’s Latest — and, Some Hope, Last — Secretary
Following a chaotic six weeks of cuts, terminations and unusual vitriol, Linda McMahon begins her first full day Tuesday as the latest and, some hope, last U.S. Secretary of Education.
NY corrections officers fired as tentative deal fails to end wildcat strike
The state Department of Corrections has begun firing and fining corrections officers who have not returned to work as an unlawful prison strike enters its third week.
Contract ending for 1,500 Santa Clara VTA workers; possible strike looms
More than 1,500 employees of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, including bus and light rail operators, may soon go on strike as their contract with the agency is set to expire without a deal.
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