Melissa Greenberg is a student at Harvard Law School.
Public school teachers in West Virginia ended their strike yesterday when the state Senate agreed to grant teachers a five percent raise and voted to ratify the pay raise 34-0. Inspired by the actions in West Virginia, teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky have reportedly been thinking about striking as well. Read more about the strike’s relationship to West Virginia’s labor history and our current political moment here and here.
The controversy over President Trump’s proposed steal and aluminum tariffs continue. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan publicly disagreed with President Trump, and Gary Cohn, head of the National Economic Council and an important economic advisor to the Trump Administration, resigned over the issue. The actions of Speaker Ryan and Gary Cohn highlight the divisions among Republicans over the party’s trade policy.
Yesterday, the Justice Department filed suit against California seeking an injunction against three California immigration laws. The complaint alleges that these laws “reflect a deliberate effort by California to obstruct the United States’ enforcement of federal immigration law, to regulate private entities that seek to cooperate with federal authorities consistent with their obligations under federal law, and to impede consultation and communication between federal and state law enforcement officials.” The Justice Department asks the court to find these laws unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause. Read more here.
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July 2
University of California strikes end while legal dispute continues; Disneyland workers raise awareness with park visitors; bus workers in Alabama set example for labor policy
July 1
Labor law impacts of Loper Bright and Jarkesy rulings; Unions push for workforce board represntation.
June 30
Explaining the turnaround in Starbucks-union negotiations; overtime rule implementation against Texas enjoined; California reforms PAGA
June 28
Gig driver classification deal reached in Massachusetts; Amazon drivers in Illinois strike over ULP; CEO pay accelerates.
June 27
The economy and immigration expected to play a central role in the upcoming presidential debate and Washington gets involved in AI regulation of the entertainment industry.
June 26
California judge fines companies for child labor violations; IATSE reaches tentative deal with studios; Texas judge likely to block Biden Administration's overtime rule