Today’s News & Commentary — July 23, 2021
In Kansas, Frito-Lay workers are continuing to strike as their efforts are picking up national attention. Unionized with the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union, the workers are protesting what they view as unsustainable working...
Today’s News & Commentary – July 22, 2021
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted 51-50 to confirm Jennifer Abruzzo as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding vote. Abruzzo’s confirmation, preceded Tuesday by an equally divided,...
Today’s News & Commentary – July 21, 2021
Today's headline is that Jeff Bezos visited space. Of the $5.5 million dollar expenditure, he commented the following: "[I] want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all this. So seriously, for every Amazon customer out...
Today’s News & Commentary — July 19, 2021
A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned a verdict of over $125 million against Walmart in the case of a woman with Down syndrome who the retailer failed to accommodate and then fired, the New York Times reports. The action...
The Strike Zone—July 19, 2021
As previously discussed, the Supreme Court’s opinion in NCAA v. Alston was a narrow ruling on strictly antitrust grounds, but the decision has the potential to more broadly alter the landscape of collegiate athletics. That potential is already being realized, as a...
Weekend News & Commentary – July 18, 2021
New research suggests that extreme heat produces many more workplace injuries, concentrated among the poorest workers, than most official records suggest—a telling example of how, as the Times puts it, “climate change worsens inequality.” The UCLA study, led by...
Today’s News & Commentary — July 16, 2021
Today, U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman from New York is introducing a “Green New Deal for Public Schools” which would fund 1.3 million jobs a year by hiring and training more teachers and reducing student-to-staff ratios. It would also direct more money to...
Today’s News & Commentary — July 15, 2021
The Senate Democrats' new budget reconciliation bill plans to financially penalize companies that violate workers' rights. The proposal is planned to be embedded into the $3.5 trillion bill, utilizing the National Labor Relations Board to levy penalties where...
Today’s News & Commentary — July 23, 2021
In Kansas, Frito-Lay workers are continuing to strike as their efforts are picking up national attention. Unionized with the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union, the workers are protesting what they view as unsustainable working...
Today’s News & Commentary – July 22, 2021
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted 51-50 to confirm Jennifer Abruzzo as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding vote. Abruzzo’s confirmation, preceded Tuesday by an equally divided,...
Today’s News & Commentary – July 21, 2021
Today's headline is that Jeff Bezos visited space. Of the $5.5 million dollar expenditure, he commented the following: "[I] want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all this. So seriously, for every Amazon customer out...
Today’s News & Commentary — July 19, 2021
A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned a verdict of over $125 million against Walmart in the case of a woman with Down syndrome who the retailer failed to accommodate and then fired, the New York Times reports. The action...
The Strike Zone—July 19, 2021
As previously discussed, the Supreme Court’s opinion in NCAA v. Alston was a narrow ruling on strictly antitrust grounds, but the decision has the potential to more broadly alter the landscape of collegiate athletics. That potential is already being realized, as a...
Weekend News & Commentary – July 18, 2021
New research suggests that extreme heat produces many more workplace injuries, concentrated among the poorest workers, than most official records suggest—a telling example of how, as the Times puts it, “climate change worsens inequality.” The UCLA study, led by...
Today’s News & Commentary — July 16, 2021
Today, U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman from New York is introducing a “Green New Deal for Public Schools” which would fund 1.3 million jobs a year by hiring and training more teachers and reducing student-to-staff ratios. It would also direct more money to...
Today’s News & Commentary — July 15, 2021
The Senate Democrats' new budget reconciliation bill plans to financially penalize companies that violate workers' rights. The proposal is planned to be embedded into the $3.5 trillion bill, utilizing the National Labor Relations Board to levy penalties where...
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