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The D.N.C. Ordered Workers Back to the Office. Its Union Isn’t Pleased.
November 19, 2025 // The fact that some employees of certain Democratic campaigns and organizations have unionized has caused some quiet consternation among party leaders, even as the party broadly embraces organized labor. Just days before President Trump’s inauguration this year, the Congressional Progressive Staff Association wrote a letter proposing a 32-hour workweek that was widely mocked.
Trump Labor Department Pauses Gig Worker Rule, Plans Repeal
May 5, 2025 // The announcement, made in an enforcement guidance May 1, brings to fruition plans to rescind the rule—which the Trump administration has signaled in response to pending litigation over the policy. “Agency investigators are directed not to apply the 2024 rule’s analysis in current enforcement matters,” according to a DOL press release. “This approach provides greater clarity for businesses and workers navigating modern work arrangements while legal and regulatory questions are resolved.”