Yesterday, Washington’s State Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued The GEO Group, operator of one of the largest private immigration detention centers for paying thousands of detainees $1 per day instead of the minimum wage. The GEO Group claims the center, operating under contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has a volunteer work program and rates specified by the federal government in 2011. The Washington Post reports.
U.S. jobless claims fell unexpectedly last week, but the short-term outlook for markets is unclear given the continuing impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Though claims shot up in Texas as Hurricane Harvey approached, last week, claims in Texas fell by 45% as people returned to work.
Six years ago, before Foxconn pledged to spend $10 billion and create 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin, Foxconn pledged to build plants and add jobs in Brazil. Though the Brazilian government expected an addition of 100,000 jobs, the area where Foxconn said it would build its plant has been abandoned and jobs have not been created. Foxconn’s attempts to replicate its factories’ success in China may require finding new ways to gain government support and subsidies. The New York Times reports.
The French CGT union has called for a second day of protests today after an initial protest on September 12. On Saturday, the far-left presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Melenchon will hold his own set of demonstrations, and on Monday, truck drivers will try to choke traffic and limit access to gasoline supplies. Information about the labor law was previously reported on the blog here.
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September 16
In today’s news and commentary, the NLRB sues New York, a flight attendant sues United, and the Third Circuit considers the employment status of Uber drivers The NLRB sued New York to block a new law that would grant the state authority over private-sector labor disputes. As reported on recently by Finlay, the law, which […]
September 15
Unemployment claims rise; a federal court hands victory to government employees union; and employers fire workers over social media posts.
September 14
Workers at Boeing reject the company’s third contract proposal; NLRB Acting General Counsel William Cohen plans to sue New York over the state’s trigger bill; Air Canada flight attendants reject a tentative contract.
September 12
Zohran Mamdani calls on FIFA to end dynamic pricing for the World Cup; the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement opens a probe into Scale AI’s labor practices; and union members organize immigration defense trainings.
September 11
California rideshare deal advances; Boeing reaches tentative agreement with union; FTC scrutinizes healthcare noncompetes.
September 10
A federal judge denies a motion by the Trump Administration to dismiss a lawsuit led by the American Federation of Government Employees against President Trump for his mass layoffs of federal workers; the Supreme Court grants a stay on a federal district court order that originally barred ICE agents from questioning and detaining individuals based on their presence at a particular location, the type of work they do, their race or ethnicity, and their accent while speaking English or Spanish; and a hospital seeks to limit OSHA's ability to cite employers for failing to halt workplace violence without a specific regulation in place.