Labor and Employment

Senate Honors Journeyman Lineworkers with Bipartisan Support

In a moment of uncommon accord, the Senate passed a symbolic measure honoring electrical lineworkers with overwhelming bipartisan support. S.Res. 794...

Congress

Senate Vote Could Reshape Labor Policy Forever

The Senate HELP Committee is set to vote on three Trump administration nominees in a procedural meeting that carries outsized significance for labor policy....

Labor and Employment

Congress Debates Apprenticeships Amid Funding Cuts

Why it matters: The House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a congressional apprenticeship hearing on June 24, 2026, examining...

Legislation

Committee Advances Contentious Defense, Tax, Disability Bills

The House Rules Committee is preparing to advance three bills with significant reach across defense, tax policy, and disability employment. A House hearing...

Congress

Senate Confirms Labor Leaders Reshaping Federal Workplace Policy

The Senate HELP Committee is moving to confirm four nominees who will reshape federal labor policy after Trump's administration purged leadership at key...

Agriculture

National Grocers Association Focuses on Small Business

The National Grocers Association has registered Venable LLP as its lobbying firm in a new client registration filed on June 16, 2026. The lobbying...

Labor and Employment

Service Delivery In Question as Federal Government Sheds Jobs

A comprehensive accounting of federal workforce changes 2025 reveals a dramatic reshaping of the federal government. According to a Government...

Labor and Employment

Returning Service Members Face Job Discrimination

The federal government is struggling to protect service members from workplace discrimination and retaliation when they return from military duty. [GAP] A...

Labor and Employment

DOD Struggles to Staff Child Care for 172,000 Military Children

The Department of Defense operates the largest employer-sponsored child care program in the United States, serving nearly 172,000 children of service...

Education

Congress Examines Apprenticeship Expansion Successes

The Biden administration and Republican Congress have spent the past year pouring resources into apprenticeships as an alternative to four-year college...

Education

Senate Advances NCAA Bill on Name, Image, Likeness Reform

Senate Commerce Committee Advances College Sports Bill Amid Trump Administration Push

Labor and Employment

Seismic Software Hires Key Lobbyist on Labor and Antitrust

Seismic Software Inc. has registered its first lobbying effort, bringing Miller Strategies LLC on board to navigate complex labor and antitrust policy...

Legislation

Federal Rescue Stabilizes Pension Benefits for 1.8 Million Workers

A new Congressional Research Service report on multiemployer pension plans lands at a moment of genuine tension: a $77.9 billion federal rescue program...

Congress

Senate Pushes Back Against Trump's Labor Nominees

Why it matters: The Senate HELP Committee hearing on three Trump labor nominees, held June 10, exposed a fault line over whether the NLRB and Bureau of...

Government Operations

Congress Scrutinizes Trump Appointees Over Amazon Connections

Why it matters: The House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions convened an NLRB congressional hearing on June 4 that put the Trump...

Legislation

House Votes to Slash Union Contract Negotiations

The Faster Labor Contracts Act passed the House on Tuesday, 230 to 193, in a vote that flipped the usual partisan script: 210 Democrats voted yes, 192...

Legislation

Union Contract Votes Now Face 10-Day Bargaining Deadline

The House voted Tuesday to discharge H.Res. 1140, clearing the way for an H.R. 5408 floor vote on the Faster Labor Contracts Act, legislation that would...