Project Labor Agreements Are Here to Stay — For Now
But a court handed Trump a win in his attacks on federal worker unions
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Nearly 3,000 workers at 38 grocery stores around Minneapolis are warning of a potential strike after rejecting a contract offer that would have cut workers’ benefits. They are represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663.
The American Prospect profiles Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ antipathy towards unions, as evidenced by his recent veto of a bill that would end Colorado’s status as a hybrid right-to-work/non-right to work state. (History: in 2013, Polis called prominent teachers union ally Diane Ravitch an “evil woman.”)
A 2-1 panel of the DC Circuit has allowed Trump’s assaults on federal worker collective bargaining to move forward.
The NJ Transit engineers strike has ended with a tentative agreement.
A judge enjoined the Trump administration’s efforts to bid construction contracts without Project Labor Agreements.
Mass layoffs continue to destroy the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the American Federation of Government Employees says.