Jason Vazquez is a staff attorney at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 2023. His writing on this blog reflects his personal views and should not be attributed to the Teamsters.
Reports have emerged that the DNC is planning to incorporate a provision into its contracts barring consulting firms it retains from helping suppress organizing activities or resist any measure “opposed by the labor movement.” The news comes a few weeks after various outlets exposed that Amazon had hired a major firm aligned with the Democratic Party to spearhead its obscenely expensive — and ultimately unsuccessful — campaign to defeat the union efforts at its Staten Island facility.
A tentative agreement was announced on Tuesday between the union representing thousands of residential doormen in New York City and the real estate firms that employ them. The agreement will provide significant wage increases and bonuses to the doormen, who essentially serve as private security and personal assistants at luxurious apartment complexes across the city. If ratified, the deal will avert a strike that was set to begin this week.
Lastly, in organizing news, the efforts to unionize Apple the most valuable company in the world, are accelerating, as employees at four of the company’s stores in New York City — including its flagship location in Grand Central Terminal — have commenced organizing drives.
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July 16
Trump's NLRB nominee set for Senate vote, federal district court grants partial win on WARN Act claims, Brigham and Women's nurses return to work.
July 15
U.S. labor productivity climbs at its fastest pace in decades; a federal judge grants a preliminary injunction to anti-abortion groups challenging Michigan’s civil rights law; and Jackson, Mississippi’s bus workers walk off the job.
July 14
DOJ opens investigation of UAW president; LIUNA protests Pfizer building collapse; national park workers unionize
July 13
New York Times files retaliation suit against the EEOC; US government pushes back TPS designation termination for Haiti; federal judge grants preliminary injunction to federal workers seeking reasonable telework accommodations.
July 12
Postal workers demand investigation into Atlanta distribution center conditions following deaths; University of Chicago Press Workers vote to unionize.
July 10
Brigham and Women’s Hospital locks out 4,000 nurses after one-day strike; appeal filed challenging agency-shop agreements.