A directive from the U.S. Department of Labor's top lawyer for staffers to cut official ties with the American Bar Association was on display when an associate solicitor of labor disappeared from the agenda for the organization's wage and hour event this week, and other agency employees skipped attending.
Unions' reach in the private sector ticked up in 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's annual union membership survey, while the number of representation elections conducted by the National Labor Relations Board and work stoppages fell.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday it has sued bottling company Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast alleging it bucked federal civil rights law by inviting only female employees to a company-sponsored retreat at a casino two years ago.