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The FAA has resorted to buying parts on eBay because its equipment is so old, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says

The regulator still uses some computer systems that rely on floppy disks and other outdated hardware, according to one air traffic control union leader.

Fortune · May 12, 2025

Trump administration’s attempt to nix the labor rights of thousands of federal workers on ‘national security’ grounds furthers the GOP’s long-held anti-union agenda

As the Trump administration seeks to shrink the federal workforce, slash nonmilitary spending and curb opposition to its policies, it is taking steps beyond the firing and furloughing of thousands of government workers.

The Conversation · Apr 28, 2025

‘Trump and Musk are setting the example’: how companies are becoming emboldened to be more anti-union

As the White House carries out an anti-worker agenda, labor leaders fear corporate America could also grow more hostile

The Guardian - US · Apr 7, 2025

Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low

More than 323,000 workers – including nurses, actors, screenwriters, hotel cleaners and restaurant servers – walked off their jobs during the first eight months of 2023. Hundreds of thousands of the employees of delivery giant UPS would have gone on strike, too, had they not reached a last-minute agreement. And…

The Conversation · Aug 24, 2023

‘It feels like it’s strike summer’: US unions flex muscles across industries

Labor is increasingly militant after years of inaction, energized by star power from the actors’ and writers’ strikes

The Guardian - US · Jul 26, 2023