Trump Signs Labor Dept. Funding Cuts Into Law

President Donald Trump Sept. 28 signed a “minibus” appropriations package that includes a cut to Labor Department funding.

Trump signed the legislation (H.R. 6157) to fund the DOL, the National Labor Relations Board, the Defense Department, the Health and Human Services Department, and related agencies for the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1.

The bill includes $12.1 billion for the DOL, down $128 million from FY 2018 funding. The measure keeps NLRB funding at $274 million, unchanged from the current fiscal year for the agency tasked with enforcing the National Labor Relations Act.

Trump signed the legislation despite criticizing ...