Business, Labor Join to Save DOL Global Office From Trump Ax

Businesses and unions are plotting a joint lobbying mission to rescue a small Labor Department agency from a White House proposal to eliminate most of its budget.

During the Capitol Hill recess, meetings are taking place to urge Senate appropriators to fully fund the DOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, advocates for corporations and labor told Bloomberg BNA. The White House and a House appropriations panel support eliminating a grant program designed to eradicate labor abuses overseas. Those grants account for about three-quarters of annual ILAB spending.

The union umbrella organization AFL-CIO and coalitions of multinational apparel and food companies—including ...