Trump Proposes Rule Targeting Public-Sector Union Finances (1)

A new Labor Department proposal would make public-sector mid-level union chapters subject to financial reporting requirements for private-sector unions, setting up another Trump administration battle against the labor movement.

The proposed regulation, released Dec. 16, is the Trump administration’s attempt to restore a 2003 rule that applied to “intermediate bodies,” such as the state, regional, or district offices of public-sector unions. Just as in the 2003 version, the new rule would require intermediate bodies to file annual financial reporting forms when their parent organizations separately represent private-sector employees, thereby applying federal disclosure law to them.

The DOL Office of Labor-Management ...