At Trump’s Federal Labor Police, Lights Are On But No One’s Home

Federal labor investigators last year approved a complaint against the Education Department for allegedly trying to bust the union that represents its employees. But the tiny agency that enforces government workers’ rights can’t do anything about it because President Donald Trump hasn’t nominated someone to fill the agency’s top lawyer role.

The Federal Labor Relations Authority has received more than 6,500 unfair labor practice charges from government workers and their unions in the two-plus years since it last had a Senate-confirmed general counsel, according to information obtained by Bloomberg Law. Although investigators are continuing to review those charges, lawyers can’t ...