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‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump

National Labor Relations Board, the federal watchdog for workers’ rights, has been rendered toothless as employees grapple with corporations

The Guardian - US

How Trump and corporations have hobbled US labor watchdog

Former NLRB counsel Jennifer Abruzzo says firings and court rulings have left agency toothless

The Guardian - US

Nurses Run Up Against Labor Board Stalled By Trump

Pennsylvania's largest hospital joins rise in employers citing federal changes to fight unionization.

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USC Follows Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX in Calling Labor Board Unconstitutional

To block a union that would represent 2,500 faculty members, the private university echoed a corporate argument.

Capital & Main

Trump ‘usurping rule of law’ after agency firings, say former US labor watchdogs

Exclusive: Trump administration poses ‘real danger’ to independent regulators, ex-NLRB chairs tell the Guardian

The Guardian - US

Philly Whole Foods store becomes first to unionize – a labor expert explains what’s next and how Trump could stall workers’ efforts

Whole Foods workers at the Philadelphia flagship store in the city’s Art Museum area voted to unionize on Jan. 27, 2025. They are the first store in the Amazon-owned grocery chain to do so.

The Conversation

Trump tries to purge the NLRB

Trump fired the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel and one of its Democratic members

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Trump fires senior labor board official in ‘unprecedented and illegal’ move

Gwynne Wilcox pledges to challenge decision after dismissal in effect paralyzes National Labor Relations Board

The Guardian - US

Amazon says US labor watchdog that filed labor charges violates constitution

‘Our voices are only going to get louder’, workers warn tech giant after Atlanta warehouse writes up employees

The Guardian - US

Trader Joe’s and Starbucks are helping Elon Musk undermine the US government

SpaceX is trying to kill a federal agency that accused it of labor violations. Ostensibly progressive brands have leaped to join in

The Guardian - US

‘No way’: US labor watchdog refuses to bow to SpaceX, Amazon and Starbucks

The NLRB general counsel has accused US’s largest corporations of creating distractions to cover their law-breaking

The Guardian - US

Employer Non-compete Clauses Are Likely Illegal, Per NLRB: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

Following the FTC's proposed rule to ban non-compete agreements in the workplace, the NLRB could possibly rule that such agreements violate federal law.

Kiplinger

National Labor Relations Board files complaint against USC, Pac-12 and NCAA

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles office of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Thursday against USC, the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA, alleging that the three joint employers have maintained unlawful rules by "misclassifying" college athletes in men's and women's basketball and football as "student-athletes" rather than…

Los Angeles Times

NLRB Move to Aid Pursuit of College Athletes as Employees

The organization plans to pursue unfair labor practice charges against USC, the Pac-12 and the NCAA.

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Starbucks must offer to rehire fired activists, judge rules

Starbucks Corp. has to offer reinstatement to seven fired pro-union employees in Memphis, Tennessee, and must not retaliate against employees who support union organizing, a federal judge ruled.

The Guardian - US

Too radical or not radical enough? US’s top labor lawyer in the spotlight

Jennifer Abruzzo would like to ease the path to forming unions and curb employers’ coercion and intimidation

Reason

Big Labor's Covert Plan To Kill Union Elections

Union partisans in the Biden administration want to bypass Congress and enact controversial labor policies by dusting off rejected 1940s-era legal theories.

The Independent UK

NLRB's top prosecutor seeks big changes, faces uphill battle

As workers at major companies increasingly move to unionize, the political environment for labor couldn’t be more ripe

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Amazon threatened workers over union vote, labor officials find

U.S. labor board prosecutors plan to accuse Amazon.com Inc. of threatening staff that if they unionized it could propose paying them minimum wage and of punishing an employee for seeking a paid Juneteenth holiday.

Tribune News Service

Amazon anti-union confabs deemed illegal by labor officials

U.S. labor board prosecutors have determined that anti-union meetings held by Amazon.com Inc. in Staten Island, New York, violated federal law, according to an agency spokesperson.

The Independent UK

NLRB lawyer seeks to toss out company meetings on unions

The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board is asking the board to rule that mandatory meetings held by some companies to persuade their workers to reject unions is a violation of federal labor law

Sports Illustrated

NCPA Takes Next Step Toward College Athletes Being Classified As Employees

The NCPA filed unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB against the NCAA office, the Pac-12 and USC and UCLA.

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