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The NLRB will reverse the outrages of the Biden years, but workers need Congress to protect those gains.
March 3, 2026 // Karen Harned for Wall Street Journal
Workers have labored under these unjust policies for nearly a century. They deserve better. In the short run, the NLRB can help American workers by reversing the Biden rulings that strengthen unions and restrain businesses at workers’ expense. The board also could end the Biden backdoor card-check scheme, prevent unions from using harassing language, and free employers to talk to workers about unionization. But a future NLRB with members appointed by another president could reverse these policies. Workers ultimately need Congress to pass better labor laws that will last.
Editorial: Hochul ‘anti-fraud’ scheme backfires into a taxpayer gift to a monster union
March 3, 2026 // editorial board for New York Post
After we and others flagged how loose eligibility rules and other issues had led to a 1,200% spike in CDPAP enrollment, soaring fraud and outlays of $11 billion, the gov used public outrage to pass a reform that she vowed would rein in the program. Yet her “solution” was simply to hire a single company, Public Partnerships, to centralize payments to these aides — which now lets them legally count as PPL employees, and so qualified to unionize.
10,000 Corewell nurses to vote on strike authorization amid first contract negotiations
March 3, 2026 // Robin Murdoch for FOX 2
"Last week, the Teamsters added an additional $62 million in proposals on top of their previous $2 billion earlier proposals. This is not good faith bargaining. We cannot reach an agreement if the Teamsters’ proposals keep going up without discussion about actual priorities. Any talk of a strike authorization is premature as negotiations are still ongoing." What's next: Voting begins at 9 a.m. Monday and will remain open until results are announced on March 17.
Geauga County ADP employees move to unionize amid funding concerns
March 3, 2026 // Molly Walsh, for Cleveland.com
Employees of the Geauga County Automatic Data Processing Board are seeking union representation, saying in a letter that repeated external pressures and public scrutiny of the department have created instability and concerns about its long-term funding.
School bus workers strike in Mat-Su as contract negotiations stall
March 2, 2026 // Makayla Clark, Joe Allgood for Alaska News Source
“Teamsters Local 959 has announced its intention to strike on Monday, March 2, despite the fact that the Union proposed—and Durham accepted—formal negotiation dates of March 17 and 18 with a mediator present. A strike before those dates is both unnecessary and disruptive, especially when the parties were already scheduled to meet and finalize an agreement."
WAG axes LA awards show over AI labor dispute
March 2, 2026 // Pierce Sharpe for New York Post
While the Los Angeles ceremony is canceled, the guild’s New York event is still expected to proceed the same day. An alternative celebration for West Coast nominees will be scheduled later.
Commentary: The Uber Narrative
March 2, 2026 // Kim Kavin for Freelance Busting
This policy issue isn’t primarily about Uber, no matter how many media outlets try to frame it that way. It’s about us all, and about whether we are going to allow our government to restrict our freedom to be entrepreneurial.
National Labor Relations Board Schedules Vote for St. HOPE Charter School Teachers Seeking to Remove SCTA Union
March 2, 2026 // author for National Right to Work Foundation
Despite union’s legal attempt to block vote, NLRB schedules election for March 11 in response to majority-backed petition from teachers to decertify union
Treasury Department terminates union contracts for IRS and Bureau of the Fiscal Service workers
March 2, 2026 // FATIMA HUSSEIN for Associated Press
The Treasury Department has terminated its collective bargaining agreement with unionized workers employed at the Internal Revenue Service, the agency said Friday, in an escalation of President Donald Trump ’s push to exert more control over the federal workforce. The union contract for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service was also terminated this week, according to two people familiar with the decision.
IBEW’s James Scotti Sentenced After Guilty Pleas
March 2, 2026 // Author for National Institute for Labor Relations
James Scotti, an employee of Professional Sports Publications, which is a company that conducted business with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 26 (located in Lanham, Md.), was sentenced to three years of probation with six months of home confinement. He was also ordered to pay $162,960 in restitution. On November 4, 2025, Scotti pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and 1349. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office and the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General.
Déjà vu all over again as Trump administration move to protect freelancing
March 2, 2026 // Sean Higgins for Competitive Enterprise Institute
Congress should take up legislation to codify a sensible standard that protects gig economy workers and settles the issue for good. Legislation to that effect, the Employee Rights Act, has been introduced and deserves congressional consideration.
Opinion Public unions’ stealthy scheme will siphon $100B from NY taxpayers
March 1, 2026 // Ken Girardin for Manhattan Institute
In fact, many union leaders say their members shouldn’t have to pay anything toward their pensions. And it’s a matter of “equity” and “dignity,” they say, for teachers and office workers at state agencies to be able to retire with full pensions (plus taxpayer-funded retiree health insurance) at age 55. The unions want to “fix” these supposed injustices.
Opinion: A win for 11.9 million workers
March 1, 2026 // Editorial Board for Washington Post
Advocates for classifying more self-employed workers as employees are generally speaking on behalf of people who don’t want their help. Of the estimated 11.9 million Americans for whom independent contract work is their sole or main job, 80 percent prefer it to traditional employment, according to a 2023 survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Oakland Schools, Teachers Union Reach Deal, Avert Strike
March 1, 2026 // Katie DeBenedetti for KQED
Last summer, it just regained local control after 20 years in state receivership. Without factoring in the price of the new deal, OUSD is eyeing $102 million in cuts by June. Interim Superintendent Denise Saddler told the school board this week that without those reductions, “we won’t be able to pay all the people on our payroll in the fall. We don’t have the money in the budget for next year.” On Wednesday, OUSD approved cutting nearly 400 staff positions, including 180 filled by OEA members, through early retirement buyouts, elimination of vacant positions, and layoffs. Altogether, that is estimated to save about $11 million annually
Build-A-Bear workers fired for unionizing in St. Louis, dispute claims
March 1, 2026 // Alex Barton for Fox 2 Now
The company has said the employees were terminated for “fraudulent activity related to improper use of customer rewards and Bonus Club Reward Certificates,” not for union activity. In a public statement, Build-A-Bear said all individuals terminated acknowledged understanding company policies and that many admitted to violating them. The company said it applies its policies consistently and will present its case through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) process.
Another Pennsylvania medical cannabis dispensary goes on strike
March 1, 2026 // Staff for MJBizDaily
Workers at a Sunnyside cannabis store, the retail chain operated by Chicago-based MSO Cresco Labs, are on strike after contract negotiations failed, said the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which organizes the location.
Opinion: Workers say ‘I like unions, I just don’t like my union’ — here’s what they’re discovering
February 28, 2026 // David Osborne for Fox News
"I like unions. I just don’t like my union." Time and time again, I hear this sentiment from employees nationwide. Most will express frustration with their union officials, who’ve disappointed or even mistreated them and other members. Some tell me how they tried and failed to improve their own union from within. They imagine there’s a better union out there — one where union officials actively improve the workplace and help employees achieve some measure of personal freedom.
US court will not block Trump from ending union bargaining for federal workers
February 28, 2026 // author for Reuters
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid by unions to block President Donald Trump's administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ability to engage in union bargaining with U.S. agencies, reversing a lower court's ruling.
DOL moves to loosen independent contractor regulations
February 27, 2026 // Caroline Colvin for HR Dive
The rule would replace the Biden-era “totality-of-the-circumstances” framework used to determine whether a worker was an independent contractor or an employee. At the time, SHRM said the 2024 rule “fosters ambiguity, deterring businesses from extending essential training to independent workers, a detrimental scenario for both parties involved.”
Ct. Employees Sue Unions for Ignoring Financial Disclosure Law
February 27, 2026 // Author for The Fairness Center
According to the lawsuit, Connecticut unions to which the law applies have not filed the required reports for decades. Meanwhile, the state’s labor commissioner has said that the agency is choosing not to enforce this statute. The plaintiffs, criminal justice professor Earl Ormond and corrections officer Ryan Bilodeau, are asking the court to step in and require their unions to comply with the law. Their lawsuit could affect most of Connecticut’s more than 100,000 public employees.