Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
Confirmation hearings for Sen. Jeff Sessions as Attorney General will begin today. NPR covers five things too look out for during the nomination hearings. The Washington Post reports that Trump and Sessions plan to restrict immigration from highly skilled foreign workers on H-1B visas. The New York Times will be live briefing the hearings.
Industry lobbyists are pushing to overturn the NLRB’s Browning-Ferris decision, which made it easier for unions to organize employees at franchises like McDonald’s, according to the Wall Street Journal. Andrew Puzder, Trump’s nomination for Secretary of Labor, has also been a prominent critic of the joint-employer doctrine.
Republican lawmakers in Congress may try to emulate what their party was able to accomplish in Kentucky, writes The Nation. That will spell trouble for workers around the country. Kentucky became the 27th state to pass a right to work law on Saturday, and Trump’s cabinet picks indicate his administration will take a similarly anti-labor stance.
President Obama will give his farewell address tonight in Chicago. NPR covers the history of the presidential farewell.
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June 12
Third Republican NLRB member sails through appointment hearings; UAW secures symbolic deal with General Motors supplier.
June 11
DC Circuit enforces an NLRB bargaining order; House passes a bill to speed up negotiating between employers and unions.
June 10
SoFi Stadium workers narrowly avoid World Cup strike; Amazon's NLRB challenge to remain in Fifth Circuit; House passes strict timeline bill for first union contracts.
June 9
SoFi Stadium workers authorize a strike ahead of the World Cup; the NLRB finds Starbucks violated labor law; Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee is struck down.
June 8
BLS releases May jobs reports; US Trade Representative proposes new tariffs.
June 7
SAG-AFTRA members ratify a four-year CBA and the International Trade Union Confederation releases its 2026 Global Rights Index.