POLICY TRACKER
Here are the executive orders and legislation we are tracking so far:
OHIO SENATE | 136TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY • FIRST SESSION
| TITLE | SUMMARY | BILL NO. | POSITION |
| Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act | Targets public colleges and universities. Among its provisions, the bill seeks to ban faculty strikes outright, stripping workers of a key tool to advocate for fair wages and working conditions. It also eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, calling it "institutionalized discrimination," and imposes additional oversight on trustees to enforce what proponents call "intellectual diversity." | SB 1 | OPPOSE |
| Prohibit paid public employee leave for certain union activities | Prohibit public employers from providing or agreeing to a provision in a collective bargaining agreement that provides, paid leave or any other form of compensation for a public employee to engage in either of the following activities: (1) Political activities performed by, or on behalf of, an employee organization that involve advocating for the election or defeat of any political candidate; (2) Lobbying activities performed by, or on behalf of, an employee organization that involve attempting to influence the passage or defeat of federal or state legislation, local ordinances, or any ballot measure. | SB 8 | OPPOSE |
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
| DATE | TITLE | SUMMARY |
| 1/20/2025 | Return to In-Person Work | The executive order, part of Project 2025, would end telework flexibility for federal employees, forcing them back to physical offices. This disrupts work-life balance, weakens telework-related union agreements, and may lead to job cuts or relocations, undermining federal unions' ability to protect workers’ rights and conditions. This directive turns back the clock to before 2010 when Congress required federal agencies to expand telework by law. Congress took this action a full decade before the pandemic, recognizing telework as an important tool for agencies’ operational efficiency. |
| 1/20/2025 | Hiring Freeze | The executive order, part of Project 2025, would block new government hires, increasing workloads for existing employees. This weakens unions by limiting membership growth, straining collective bargaining power, and justifying outsourcing to private contractors, reducing job security and public-sector union influence. |
| 1/20/2025 | Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce | The executive order, part of Project 2025, aims to reclassify thousands of federal employees as at-will workers, making them easier to fire. This weakens union protections, undermines collective bargaining, and threatens job security for federal workers by politicizing employment decisions. |
For a complete list of executive orders, visit https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/president-donald-trump-executive-orders-list
MEMORANDUMS
| DATE | TITLE | DESCRIPTION |
| 1/31/2025 | Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements… | Trump’s memo restricts outgoing administrations from finalizing union contracts before a new president takes office. This weakens federal unions by delaying negotiations, allowing hostile administrations to impose anti-labor policies, undermining job security, and limiting worker protections previously secured through collective bargaining agreements. |
LOCAL LEGISLATION
| CITY | ORDINANCE NO. | TITLE | POSITION |
| Cleveland | 104-2025 | AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To supplement the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, by enacting new Sections 669.01 to 669.07 and 669.99 relating to unlawful discriminatory salary practices; and to amend various sections of the codified ordinances. | SUPPORT |