Today’s News & Commentary—January 25, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board Region 13 office announced a settlement yesterday that marks the beginning of implementation of General Counsel Abruzzo's recent directive to seek more expanded remedies and damages, including consequential damages. The settlement...
Streaming services are the future of the music industry, but they’re leaving musicians behind
The last five years have marked a resurgence for the music industry. After internet piracy and moves away from physical record sales led to decades-long lows in income in the early 2010s, revenue from sales of recorded music has increased in each of the last six...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 24, 2022
Last Friday, workers at a Manhattan REI store joined the nascent retail unionization wave by filing an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board. The workers, who seek representation by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU),...
State Constitutions — Another Progressive Step
Applying its state constitution's "fruits of their own labor" clause, the North Carolina Court of Appeals recently took another step toward workplace justice for governmental employees. The Court ruled that a discharged city employee had alleged a colorable...
Weekend News & Commentary — January 23, 2022
On Friday, the NLRB’s Brooklyn-based regional office announced that it planned to formally accuse Amazon of illegally firing a union organizer in its Staten Island warehouse in November. The NLRB regional director found merit in the claims of the Amazon Labor...
Today’s News and Commentary — January 21, 2022
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its annual data on union membership in the United States Thursday, mostly showing a continuation of existing trends. Overall, union membership declined from 2020 to 2021, although 2020 was a noisy year because of the...
Remote Work in the United States
The Number of Remote Workers Remote workers or, as classified by the U.S. Census Bureau, “home-based workers,” are those employed workers who primarily complete their work duties at home. Traditionally, remote workers have comprised a very small percentage of the...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 20, 2022
On Wednesday, after a lengthy fight, Senate Democrats conceded that they did not have the votes necessary to pass the Freedom to Vote Act or the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, or the political leverage necessary to weaken the Senate filibuster...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 25, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board Region 13 office announced a settlement yesterday that marks the beginning of implementation of General Counsel Abruzzo's recent directive to seek more expanded remedies and damages, including consequential damages. The settlement...
Streaming services are the future of the music industry, but they’re leaving musicians behind
The last five years have marked a resurgence for the music industry. After internet piracy and moves away from physical record sales led to decades-long lows in income in the early 2010s, revenue from sales of recorded music has increased in each of the last six...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 24, 2022
Last Friday, workers at a Manhattan REI store joined the nascent retail unionization wave by filing an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board. The workers, who seek representation by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU),...
State Constitutions — Another Progressive Step
Applying its state constitution's "fruits of their own labor" clause, the North Carolina Court of Appeals recently took another step toward workplace justice for governmental employees. The Court ruled that a discharged city employee had alleged a colorable...
Weekend News & Commentary — January 23, 2022
On Friday, the NLRB’s Brooklyn-based regional office announced that it planned to formally accuse Amazon of illegally firing a union organizer in its Staten Island warehouse in November. The NLRB regional director found merit in the claims of the Amazon Labor...
Today’s News and Commentary — January 21, 2022
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its annual data on union membership in the United States Thursday, mostly showing a continuation of existing trends. Overall, union membership declined from 2020 to 2021, although 2020 was a noisy year because of the...
Remote Work in the United States
The Number of Remote Workers Remote workers or, as classified by the U.S. Census Bureau, “home-based workers,” are those employed workers who primarily complete their work duties at home. Traditionally, remote workers have comprised a very small percentage of the...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 20, 2022
On Wednesday, after a lengthy fight, Senate Democrats conceded that they did not have the votes necessary to pass the Freedom to Vote Act or the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, or the political leverage necessary to weaken the Senate filibuster...
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