The Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (Center of Workers United in Struggle), a worker center that forced Target and other retailers to hire unionized janitors, has been declared a labor organization by the Labor Department, and as such, is bound by federal rules for unions. This is the first such determination under the Trump administration. |
“We view this as a positive development and, hopefully, an indication that this Department of Labor is ending the longstanding DOL practice of turning a blind eye to this area of the law,” said Patrick Semmens, vice president for public information at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. |
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