Nick Niedzwiadek

Labor and Employment Reporter at POLITICO

labor and employment reporter @Politico & Morning Shift co-writer || previously @PoliticoNY always @dailytarheel || [email protected]

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Supreme Court sides with woman who says she suffered job discrimination for being straight

2 days ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek |Josh Gerstein

The ruling could make it easier for men and white people to win “reverse discrimination” lawsuits. The Supreme Court in Washington on March 2, 2025. | Tierney L Cross/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit by an Ohio woman who said her bosses discriminated against her for being straight.
A former Job Corps champion leads its demise

4 days ago | politico.com | Sophia Cai |Nick Niedzwiadek |Irie Sentner |Ben Johansen

Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond. | Subscribe | | | When LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER served in Congress, she was honored for championing the Job Corps program. As Labor secretary, she’s the face of its impending demise.
Cuts and patriotism essays

5 days ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

With help from Lawrence Ukenye and PJI participant Diamy WangTIGHTEN THE PURSE: President Donald Trump wants the Department of Labor to do less. A lot less. Budget documents released Friday propose eliminating DOL’s Women’s Bureau, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Job Corps, while relocating the Bureau of Labor Statistics into the Commerce Department, as your host reported for Pro subscribers.
DOL pulls guidance discouraging crypto in 401(k)s

1 week ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

The Biden administration had required “extreme care” before adding a crypto to retirement plan options. The Labor Department advised states last week to use a DHS platform that can verify an individual's immigration status. | Francis Chung/POLITICO The Labor Department on Wednesday yanked Biden-era guidance that strongly discouraged employers against offering cryptocurrency in workers’ 401(k) plan options.
DOL faces deadline to defend ILAB cuts

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Lawrence Ukenye |Nick Niedzwiadek

WHAT’S AT STAKE: The Trump administration has until Thursday to submit its response to a lawsuit brought forth by several organizations against the Labor Department’s cuts to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, an office within DOL tasked with improving labor conditions in U.S. supply chains overseas.
Chavez-DeRemer travels for Trump

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

FREQUENT FLIER: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has said she believes one of the core functions of her job is to be an on-the-ground liaison for the administration in order to ferry back the views of workers and employers to the White House. She has set out to visit all 50 states — a goal she’s mentioned in last month’s Cabinet meeting, recent television appearances and several other venues. Two months in, she’s already been to a half-dozen and is set to be in Ohio on Monday.
Trump fires three consumer watchdog commissioners as he dismantles agency

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Sophia Cai |Nick Niedzwiadek |Holly Otterbein

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is a small but powerful federal agency that for five decades has kept dangerous toys, cribs, and electronics out of American homes. President Donald Trump speaks at an event for Military Mothers, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
Trump fires three consumer watchdog commissioners as he dismantles agency

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sophia Cai |Nick Niedzwiadek |Holly Otterbein

The Trump administration is breaking up the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a small but powerful independent watchdog that for five decades has quietly kept dangerous toys, cribs and electronics out of American homes. The administration on Thursday night fired three Biden-appointed commissioners on the five-member CPSC board — Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Mary T.
White House eyes big cuts to DOL funding

1 month ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

DOL DOWNSIZE: The White House wants to lop off more than one-third of the Labor Department’s funding, according to a budget document submitted to Congress on Friday. The “skinny budget” proposal — so named because it lacks much of the granular specificity integral to actually allocating money for the federal government — would shrink DOL’s discretionary budget from its current $13.3 billion to $8.6 billion for next fiscal year, your host reported for Pro subscribers.
Labor Department sidelines staffers amid DOGE push for immigrant data

1 month ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

DOGE staffers have tried to access to information related to the National Farmworker Jobs Program. DOGE has increasingly tried to repurpose federal agencies' data and systems in ways that could bolster the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.