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Sen. Edward J. Markey formally recognized his aides’ bargaining unit and signed a ground rules agreement, setting the stage for contract negotiations.

The Capitol Police discriminated and retaliated against the first Black training leader at the agency’s K-9 unit, a hearing officer found.

The rest of “the world’s most exclusive club” may feel compelled to start treating the help a little nicer, as staffers in Sen. Edward J. Markey’s office are set to form the Senate’s first labor union.

Sen. Ed Markey happily complied when aides formally requested that he voluntarily recognize their bargaining unit Wednesday.

Labor advocates are pushing the Senate to recognize staff unions, in the hopes of kickstarting progress in the chamber now that their House organizing efforts have stalled under Republican control.

Labor advocates are pushing the Senate to recognize staff unions now that House organizing efforts have stalled under Republican control.

WASHINGTON — The House rules package proposed by Republican Kevin McCarthy, the man who would be speaker, aims to kneecap congressional staff’s nascent labor movement, but union supporters say his attempt at union-busting may go worse than his bid for the speaker’s gavel.

Union leaders say they are “invigorated.” And experts say the “mess” around Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid buys them some time to figure it out.

Staff for Rep. Cori Bush began voting to form a union Tuesday. The Missouri Democrat’s team is expected to become the fifth unionized office since a congressional organizing campaign launched publicly this year.