U.S. Department of Labor – California Globe

U.S. Labor Secretary Cutting 63 Regulations on Work Rules Fulfilling Trump Promise

July 7, 2025 2:55 amJuly 7, 2025 6:11 am

The Trump Administration Department of Labor gave America an early Independence Day gift last week: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced she will cut 63 costly and burdensome regulations, anti-business holdovers from the Obama and Biden administrations. The idea is to...

Did Julie Su Do California a $32 Billion Favor?

September 30, 2024 6:27 pmSeptember 30, 2024 6:27 pm

Earlier this year, Julie Su’s federal Department of Labor essentially forgave California its $32.6 billion debt caused directly by the massive defrauding of the state’s unemployment agency, the EDD. That debt was created when Su was the state’s labor secretary...

Labor Day: Workers Celebrate Freedom from Labor Unions

September 2, 2024 3:10 amSeptember 3, 2024 8:55 am

On this Labor Day 2024, take a moment to read about another case from the National Right to Work Foundation, which provides free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The...

CA’s Dependable Highway Express Employees Force Teamsters Out

April 8, 2024 3:13 pmApril 8, 2024 3:13 pm

In February, the Globe reported that John Cwiek, an employee of Dependable Highway Express, a Los Angeles-based transportation company, had recently filed federal charges against the Teamsters Local 63 union. Cwiek maintained that Teamsters union officials retaliated against him for...

The New Fed Contractor Rule is Great! …But Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Says the LA Times

March 18, 2024 2:50 pmMarch 18, 2024 2:50 pm

Sometimes alternate realities are fun. A good movie, an engrossing sci-fi book, thinking ever so briefly what you will do with all that money when the lottery ticket you just bought wins. Harmless escapism and, to be blunt, something...

Opposition to Su Federal Freelance Rule Grows: Kiley, Cassidy Introduce Bill to Stop

March 6, 2024 3:30 pmMarch 6, 2024 3:30 pm

In January, the Department of Labor, headed by Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su of California pandemic fraud/AB 5 infamy, proposed a federal rule that would gut freelance and gig workers right to remain freelancers and gig workers. The rule,...

Ontario Trucking Employee Who Revealed Union Boss Salaries Files Federal Charges Against Teamsters for Retaliatory Actions

February 12, 2024 1:35 pmFebruary 12, 2024 1:35 pm

John Cwiek, an employee of Dependable Highway Express, a Los Angeles-based transportation company, recently filed federal charges against the Teamsters Local 63 union. Cwiek maintains that Teamsters union officials retaliated against him for revealing truthful but unfavorable information about the...