Teacher Unions Sue to Stop Trump Firing of Labor Mediators (1)

The Trump administration violated the law when it fired labor mediators assigned to referee employer-union conflicts, according to a new lawsuit filed by a group of unions.

The American Federation of Teachers, with more than 10 other unions, asked a federal judge Monday to stop the Trump administration from dismantling the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. FMCS is a small labor agency that has played an out-sized role in some of the nation’s largest workplace negotiations over the last several years, including those at Starbucks Corp., Boeing Co., and Apple Inc.

The lawsuit is among the latest ...