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- Trump is judge shopping end union contracts with government workers.
The administration of President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit claiming that dozens of labor contracts between unions and federal agencies are invalid because they impede Trump's abilities to purge the federal workforce and protect national security.
The departments of Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and four other agencies sued in Waco, Texas, federal court late on Thursday seeking a ruling that an executive order, opens new tab issued by Trump earlier in the day excluding certain agencies from collective bargaining requirements allows them to cancel existing contracts.
- Understanding Workplace Bullyingendworkplaceabuse.substack.com Understanding Workplace Bullying Through the Power and Control Wheel
Dr. Hannah Scott adapted the wheel from intimate partner violence.
- Sherrod Brown launches pro-worker org (USA)apnews.com Ohio's Sherrod Brown, weighing his political future, launches a pro-worker organization
Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has launched a pro-worker organization to promote the “Dignity of Work.”
- Gen Z is not lazy, but they are done taking the piss.www.standard.co.uk Gen lay-Z: Why my generation doesn't care about work
More than any other generation, 18-24 year olds have confessed an interest in a ‘Severance’ situation where they have no memory of their nine to five. But why do Gen Z hate work so much?
- Lets cut people's benefits, who cares if they are too sick to work.www.bbc.com Who are the millions of Britons not working, and why?
About a quarter of the working age population - those aged 16 to 64 - do not currently have a job.
- The children yearn for the mines (USA)amp.cnn.com Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants | CNN Business
Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs.
- Employers try to say worker killed on the job committed suicide. (Australia)www.abc.net.au Company fined $400k after worker crushed to death at hay baling plant
Harley Muir, 29, died from crush injuries in 2021 after he became entangled while working on a multibaler machine at a factory in Bridgewater, near Bendigo.
On the day of his death, February 1, 2021, Mr Muir stepped on a guard rail to look into the multibaler before the strapping arch of the machine moved and crushed him.
The court heard on Friday how the jury rejected an argument from the defence that Mr Muir's actions were deliberate and an act of suicide.