Edward Nasser is a student at Harvard Law School.
The New York Times opinion section has offered two somewhat conflicting views on wage growth in the last two days. The first argues that corporate America has been suppressing wages for many workers through noncompete clauses and no-poaching agreements and is aimed at the most vulnerable workers. The second, relying on an Economic Policy Institute wage report this morning, suggests that inequality is shrinking because wages for low-income workers are on the rise.
An op-ed in the Los Angeles Times argues that Disneyland workers are grossly underpaid. Among the disappointing numbers uncovered by a survey of workers: 85% of Disneyland employees are paid less than $15 an hour. Even among full-time employees who have worked at Disneyland for more than 15 years, 54% are paid less than $15 an hour. Only 28% of workers have the same schedule week to week.
A lawsuit against PricewaterhouseCoopers argues that college campus recruiting hurts older workers and violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, reports the Wall Street Journal. Plaintiffs allege that PwC hired about 18% of the applicants who were under 40 to its tax and assurance business, compared with 3% of candidates over that age.
Uber is launching a new service that will allow hospitals and doctors to book rides for patients, reports The Atlantic. The service will allow medical and administrative staff to either call a car to the office to drive a specific patient home, or to pick up a patient from their home, with the option to schedule the ride up to 30 days in advance.
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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.
September 9
Ninth Circuit revives Trader Joe’s lawsuit against employee union; new bill aims to make striking workers eligible for benefits; university lecturer who praised Hitler gets another chance at First Amendment claims.