The EPA terminated all union contracts on August 8, 2025, immediately after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a lower court injunction blocking Trump’s March executive order. EPA became the second federal agency (after VA) to cancel collective bargaining for its employees, affecting …
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David Huerta arrested near an LA garment warehouse during a federal operation; later charged with felony conspiracy to impede an officer; released on bond
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More than 750 Washington Post journalists and staff members staged a one-day strike on December 7, 2023—the first work stoppage at the paper in nearly 50 years—to protest stalled contract negotiations, planned layoffs of 240 workers, and management’s refusal to bargain in good faith. The …
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