The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday axed a National Labor Relations Board order barring a longshore union from going after maintenance work in the Port of Seattle that was awarded to the Machinists, with one judge inviting en banc review of appeals court precedent about work preservation defenses.
Acting U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas faced tough questions from Democratic lawmakers Wednesday about the agency scaling back enforcement efforts on behalf of transgender and nonbinary workers, as she defended the EEOC's alignment with the Trump administration's priorities.
President Donald Trump's nominees for key U.S. Department of Labor roles told a U.S. Senate panel Wednesday they will go after unlawful child labor and enforce prevailing wages under the Davis-Bacon Act, painting a picture of what the agency could look like as its leadership team rounds out.