Today’s News & Commentary — October 26, 2021
William recently wrote about unionization efforts at Amazon's Staten Island distribution center and warehouses. The campaign has now hit a new milestone, as workers filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to request an election to unionize. The...
Today’s News & Commentary — October 25, 2021
A New York Times investigation into Amazon revealed a “whole leave system [that] was run on a patchwork of programs that often didn’t speak to one another.” While the company invested heavily in systems that allowed it to get products to customers quickly and earn...
The Strike Zone—October 25, 2021
Last week, Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden resigned after emails he had written containing racist, homophobic, and misogynistic remarks were made public. The emails emerged as part of the workplace culture investigation that the NFL had been conducting into...
Air-Rage: A Rising Threat to Flight Attendants’ Physical and Mental Health
In May, a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight to San Diego punched a flight attendant after she asked the passenger to wear a facemask. In early August, a drunk passenger groped two women flight attendants and punched a male flight attendant. The crew...
Weekend News & Commentary – October 24, 2021
New York City cab drivers announced a hunger strike this week, after having occupied a sidewalk outside City Hall operating a 24-hour picket line for over a month, calling on the de Blasio administration to provide a more robust response to the industry’s...
Today’s News & Commentary—October 22, 2021
On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced forthcoming requirements by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management that encourage federal workers to join unions. The announcement flows from Biden’s April executive order which...
On-App Standby as Work Time in International Labor Law
Suppose as a premise that Uber drivers are employees. What, then, constitutes their “hours of work” under international labor standards? The question is timely given two parallel trends in the global ride-hailing economy. One is a growing transnational backlash at...
Today’s News & Commentary — October 21, 2021
Unionization efforts at Amazon have revived, this time from a group of workers in a Staten Island distribution center. The workers have already collected 1,700 signatures and say they will have enough support to initiate a unionization vote with the National Labor...
Today’s News & Commentary — October 26, 2021
William recently wrote about unionization efforts at Amazon's Staten Island distribution center and warehouses. The campaign has now hit a new milestone, as workers filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to request an election to unionize. The...
Today’s News & Commentary — October 25, 2021
A New York Times investigation into Amazon revealed a “whole leave system [that] was run on a patchwork of programs that often didn’t speak to one another.” While the company invested heavily in systems that allowed it to get products to customers quickly and earn...
The Strike Zone—October 25, 2021
Last week, Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden resigned after emails he had written containing racist, homophobic, and misogynistic remarks were made public. The emails emerged as part of the workplace culture investigation that the NFL had been conducting into...
Air-Rage: A Rising Threat to Flight Attendants’ Physical and Mental Health
In May, a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight to San Diego punched a flight attendant after she asked the passenger to wear a facemask. In early August, a drunk passenger groped two women flight attendants and punched a male flight attendant. The crew...
Weekend News & Commentary – October 24, 2021
New York City cab drivers announced a hunger strike this week, after having occupied a sidewalk outside City Hall operating a 24-hour picket line for over a month, calling on the de Blasio administration to provide a more robust response to the industry’s...
Today’s News & Commentary—October 22, 2021
On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced forthcoming requirements by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management that encourage federal workers to join unions. The announcement flows from Biden’s April executive order which...
On-App Standby as Work Time in International Labor Law
Suppose as a premise that Uber drivers are employees. What, then, constitutes their “hours of work” under international labor standards? The question is timely given two parallel trends in the global ride-hailing economy. One is a growing transnational backlash at...
Today’s News & Commentary — October 21, 2021
Unionization efforts at Amazon have revived, this time from a group of workers in a Staten Island distribution center. The workers have already collected 1,700 signatures and say they will have enough support to initiate a unionization vote with the National Labor...
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