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Utah lawmakers repeal anti-labor law
The Utah Legislature voted in a Dec. 9 special session to repeal an anti-labor law adopted earlier this year after a coalition of 21 labor unions, including the Utah Education Association, collected 250,000 signatures in favor of a referendum to...
$35M settlement for Starbucks workers
After more than 18 months of unsuccessful contract negotiations, Starbucks Workers United on Nov. 13 kicked off the “Red Cup Rebellion,” a nationwide strike that has expanded to include thousands of baristas at more than 145 coffeehouses.
States sue to stop latest DOE downsizing
As the Trump administration continues to decimate the U.S. Department of Education, a coalition of states is challenging the shifting of many of the department’s core functions to the U.S. Department of Labor and three other federal agencies.
Voucher botch in South Carolina
More than 1,200 of the roughly 3,000 South Carolina students who received school vouchers last school year later withdrew or were removed from the taxpayer-funded program due to eligibility concerns, according to state Department of Education data.
U.S. DOE’s special education office gutted
The Trump administration is targeting the jobs of more than 450 workers in the U.S. Department of Education as part of a reduction-in-force during the ongoing government shutdown. Among the casualties would be the office responsible for oversight of...
10,000 jobs at risk as judge halts layoffs
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, siding with unions, which have argued that the dismissals were illegal.
Federal workers lose union rights
The Trump administration has unilaterally stripped hundreds of thousands of workers at four federal agencies of their union contracts after a federal appeals court overruled an injunction that had halted the plans.
Vouchers hurt Florida schools
Two years after Florida expanded a law allowing tax dollars to fund private school scholarships, school districts across Florida are facing declining enrollment and the loss of millions of dollars in public funding as more families opt for state...
U.S. DOE layoffs allowed to proceed
A US Supreme Court ruling allows the Trump administration to proceed with 1,400 layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education.
Teacher training for laid-off federal workers
Maryland is providing $1 million in grants to 11 in-state colleges and universities with the goal of helping federal employees who were laid off under the Trump administration to earn teaching licenses.