Latest National Labor Relations Board News

Trump fires two Democratic commissioners of agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace

Jan. 29, 2025 12:22 PM EST

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights law in the workplace, an unprecedented move aimed at implementing his crackdown on certain diversity and gender rights policies. The two...

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia become the 1st to unionize

Jan. 27, 2025 22:16 PM EST

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania voted to unionize on Monday, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the Amazon-owned grocery store chain. Employees at the Philadelphia store cast 130 votes — or about 57% of the ballots cast — in favor of...

Dartmouth basketball players end their unionization attempt in anticipation of shifting NLRB

Dec. 31, 2024 18:01 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team on Tuesday dropped its attempt to unionize, abruptly ending a push to become the first college athletes to bargain for a contract in order to avoid a potentially damaging precedent from a National Labor Relations Board that soon will be...

Amazon and Starbucks workers are on strike. Trump might have something to do with it

Dec. 22, 2024 17:06 PM EST

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. The strikes that started Thursday and...

Amazon and Starbucks workers are on strike. Trump might have something to do with it

Dec. 20, 2024 18:44 PM EST

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. The strikes that started Thursday and...

Amazon workers are striking at multiple facilities. Here's what you should know

Dec. 20, 2024 17:51 PM EST

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union continued a strike Friday at seven of the company's delivery hubs just days before Christmas. At midnight on Saturday, workers at a prominent unionized warehouse in New York will also join, the Teamsters said. However, the union has...

Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract

Dec. 19, 2024 17:43 PM EST

Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters union to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period. The Teamsters said the workers, who voted to authorize strikes in recent days, joined picket lines after...