Nick Niedzwiadek

1 week ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

SOLDIERING ON: Labor unions representing federal government workers are continuing to bear the ripple effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order last month stripping entire agencies of labor rights on national security grounds. “They think this is gonna kill federal labor unions; it’s not going to do that at all,” Matt Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers told Shift.

1 week ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

The head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week told agency employees they didn’t have to work April 18, inadvertently sparking a sense of unease that officials have since scrambled to soothe. On April 8, acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas sent an email saying that non-emergency employees were being excused from work that day, which falls on Good Friday, according to two current staffers and two former EEOC officials familiar with the matter.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

The head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week told agency employees they didn’t have to work April 18, inadvertently sparking a sense of unease that officials have since scrambled to soothe. On April 8, acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas sent an email saying that non-emergency employees were being excused from work that day, which falls on Good Friday, according to two current staffers and two former EEOC officials familiar with the matter.

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

1 hour ago President Donald Trump tapped a former House member who lost a scandal-tinged reelection bid last year to serve as the Labor Department’s internal watchdog as part of a slate of nominations for top jobs at the agency announced late Monday. Former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, who worked as a New York City Police Department detective before being elected to Congress, was selected to serve as Labor’s inspector general.

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

PULLING THE PLUG: The Labor Department has gotten in on the Trump administration’s slashing of all money going beyond the border, leaving international labor rights specialists in a lurch. DOL canceled dozens of grants awarded by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, starting with a smaller batch in the middle of March before a much larger round last week.