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A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk from accessing sensitive Labor Department data, a major win for unions concerned about worker privacy.

The lawsuit, filed by federal employee unions, argued that DOGE’s demands posed a threat to labor rights.

Union leaders praised the decision as a safeguard against government overreach.

DOGE has also faced restrictions on Treasury Department access and has taken control of USAID and the Office of Personnel Management, sparking high-profile resignations.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 30 minutes ago

A federal judge temporarily blocked

Such wow

Many stunning

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 minutes ago

Union lawyers work their asses off as they are under constant barrage of top-down leaders trying to take control and wealthy attempting to subvert their existence. I wonder how much dues would go down if there were more worker protection laws. Trump going after unions is next on the list. You suck if you're not a part of your workplace union.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

"Stunning" is such a sad word to use in this context.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

News corps still acting like it's a sports game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 52 minutes ago

Capitalism still acting like it’s an impressions game

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I'm still salty how many people are still running around shit talking the unions like they haven't done anything.

Just because mainstream news doesn't mention it yet, doesn't mean it's not happening. If you're not on a union mailing list, you're not hearing about stuff till it gets to this point.

There's a shit ton of lawsuits going on, mostly because the unions work hand in hand, so when one sues, they all sue.

It's not like private sector, when fed unions fight the federal government, the federal government is often the side with less resources.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 43 minutes ago

This lawsuit was headed by the AFL-CIO, which is a union of unions.

I was at my monthly meeting last night until 7:45, the meeting started at 4:30. Lots of people were concerned and discussing the attacks on the NLRB, DoL and OSHA; concerned about this administration's anti-worker tilt.