NY sheriffs oppose order banning hiring of fired prison officers
NY sheriff's association wants Gov. Kathy Hochul to reverse course on prohibiting 2K correction officers from ever working ...
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Union accuses NY Prison Dept. of unethical, illegal actions
The union (NYSCOPBA-New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association) representing striking Correction ...
Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff
The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took ...
A new DOGE staffer at the Department of Labor has helped run a fertility clinic and has pronatalist ties
Miles Collins is among the new DOGE staffers at the Department of Labor. He has been connected to a fertility clinic business ...
Senate confirms Trump labor pick Lori Chavez-DeRemer — as one more Cabinet confirmation looms
The Senate confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor in a bipartisan vote Monday, all but finalizing ...
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Senators ask Trump’s Labor Department nominee where her allegiance would lie
Members of a Senate committee grilled Labor Secretary-designate Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Wednesday about her past support of pro-union legislation, her position on raising the federal minimum wage and ...
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Langworthy wants Dept. of Labor to investigate NY over prison strike
U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy wants the federal labor secretary to probe “the deeply concerning labor practices” in New York state prisons that have resulted in a weeks-long wildcat strike.
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Albany lawmakers focused on labor agenda brace for Trump’s second term
Organized labor was poised for a major resurgence after notching multiple victories last year, until Donald Trump was ...
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Hochul holds roundtable with workers impacted by federal layoffs, announces expansion of ‘You’re Hired’ initiative
Gov. Kathy Hochul convened a roundtable discussion last week with a group of public sector workers impacted by federal ...
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Senate confirms Trump labor pick Lori Chavez-DeRemer — as one more Cabinet confirmation looms
Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Monday was approved by the Senate to head the US Labor Department. AFP via Getty Images The confirmation means only Trump’s pick for US ambassador to the UN, New York ...
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The Senate confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former congresswoman with a pro-union record, as secretary of labor.
was confirmed by the Senate on Monday to lead the Labor Department for the Trump administration. The 67-to-32 vote puts Ms. Chavez-DeRemer in charge of enforcing federal labor laws, including ...
LI TSA labor leader says union protections were taken away by the Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security last week ended the collective bargaining agreement — signed last May —  with the Transportation Security Administration security officers.