Rebecca Davis O’Brien

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Rebecca Davis O’Brien

Leaders of the union representing government workers say their battle is galvanizing but also alarming. "It's insulting to say," one said, "that we are lazy." On a warm, still evening this month, Corey Trammel, a counselor at the Oakdale Federal Correctional Institution in central Louisiana, was at his 11-year-old son's baseball game when the calls and emails started pouring in from dozens of his colleagues, worried about the latest threat to their union.

3 weeks ago | portside.org | Rebecca Davis O’Brien

Unions Form Pro Bono Legal Network for Federal Workers Targeted by Trump Published April 18, 2025 The nation’s largest federation of unions has put together a pro bono legal network that aims to help federal employees whose jobs have been lost or threatened under the Trump administration. More than 1,000 lawyers in 42 states have completed training in order to offer their services, organizers said.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Danielle Kaye |Eshe Nelson |Keith Bradsher |Rebecca Davis O’Brien |Joe Rennison |Tim Balk | +13 more

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index fell into a bear market, overshadowing some good news about the U.S. labor market. President Trump insisted his policies were working.

1 month ago | thestate.com | Rebecca Davis O’Brien

U.S. employers accelerated hiring in March, even as some data suggest underlying weaknesses in the labor market, and with the impact of the Trump administration’s economic policies only starting to play out. Employers added 228,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, a figure that was far more than expected and was up from a revised total of 117,000 in February. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, from 4.1%.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Eshe Nelson |Keith Bradsher |Rebecca Davis O’Brien

His global trade war has led to sharply divergent expectations across Wall Street about what the Fed will do with interest rates this year, as it confronts higher inflation and slower growth. Two distinct camps have emerged. Some see the Fed holding off on rate cuts for the whole year, while others see them moving more aggressively, and potentially earlier, than initially expected.