Today, the Department of Labor will announce 23 members of the president’s apprenticeship task force. The Wall Street Journal reports that the group will consist of corporate executives, labor unions, and governors and that the task force will be charged with developing a plan to expand the use of apprenticeships in the United States. “Expanding apprenticeships will help Americans learn the skills they need to fill jobs that are open right now and in the future,” said Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta. Members of the task force “will provide varied perspectives that will help guide the administration’s strategy on growing apprenticeship programs nationwide.”
The conservative party won Austria’s national election on Sunday in a major upset, the New York Times reports. The election represents a rightward shift for Austria, which has traditionally been led by the center-left Social Democratic Party. Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s 31-year-old foreign minister, led the conservative party to victory, and in doing so “seiz[ed] on issues like limits to immigration and the threat posed to Austrian identity by Islam.”
Colin Kaepernick filed a grievance that accused NFL teams of collusion to keep him out of the league. His legal representative said that the collusion claim was filed “only after pursuing ever possible avenue with all NFL teams and their executives,” reports the Washington Post. Legal experts think that the claim will be difficult to prove because although the players’ union has a collective bargaining agreement with the league that prohibits teams from conspiring about signing decisions, that same agreement states that “the mere fact that a player is unsigned and evidence about the player’s qualifications to be on an NFL roster do not constitute proof of collusion.”
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May 30
Trump's tariffs temporarily reinstated after brief nationwide injunction; Louisiana Bill targets payroll deduction of union dues; Colorado Supreme Court to consider a self-defense exception to at-will employment
May 29
AFGE argues termination of collective bargaining agreement violates the union’s First Amendment rights; agricultural workers challenge card check laws; and the California Court of Appeal reaffirms San Francisco city workers’ right to strike.
May 28
A proposal to make the NLRB purely adjudicatory; a work stoppage among court-appointed lawyers in Massachusetts; portable benefits laws gain ground
May 27
a judge extends a pause on the Trump Administration’s mass-layoffs, the Fifth Circuit refuses to enforce an NLRB order, and the Texas Supreme court extends workplace discrimination suits to co-workers.
May 26
Federal court blocks mass firings at Department of Education; EPA deploys new AI tool; Chiquita fires thousands of workers.
May 25
United Airlines flight attendants reach tentative agreement; Whole Foods workers secure union certification; One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts $1.1 trillion