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.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is reportedly planning to incorporate a provision into its contracts blocking consulting firms with which it deals from helping employers quell labor organizing.
The news surfaces a few weeks after outlets exposed that Global Strategy Group (GSG), a leading consulting firm aligned with the Democratic Party, had been hired by Amazon to orchestrate the company’s wildly expensive — and ultimately unsuccessful — campaign to suppress organizing activity at its Staten Island facility.
The contemplated provision would require that firms dealing with the Democratic Party certify that they will not help any client “persuade employees or workers to not form or join a union” or lobby for any measure “opposed by the labor movement.”
A tentative agreement was announced on Tuesday between the union representing thousand of residential building doormen in New York City and the real estate firms that employ them. If ratified, the contract will preclude a strike that was slated to begin this week. It would provide significant wage increases and bonuses to the tens of thousands of doormen who effectively serve as private security and personal assistants for the affluent residents of luxurious apartment complexes across the city.
Lastly, in organizing news, the efforts to organize Apple, Inc., the most valuable company in the world, are accelerating in New York City, as employees at four of the company’s stores in the Big Apple — including its flagship location in Grand Central Terminal — have launched union drives.
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January 16
The NLRB publishes its first decision since regaining a quorum; Minneapolis labor unions call for a general strike in response to the ICE killing of Renee Good; federal workers rally in DC to show support for the Protecting America’s Workforce Act.
January 15
New investigation into the Secretary of Labor; New Jersey bill to protect child content creators; NIOSH reinstates hundreds of employees.
January 14
The Supreme Court will not review its opt-in test in ADEA cases in an age discrimination and federal wage law violation case; the Fifth Circuit rules that a jury will determine whether Enterprise Products unfairly terminated a Black truck driver; and an employee at Berry Global Inc. will receive a trial after being fired for requesting medical leave for a disability-related injury.
January 13
15,000 New York City nurses go on strike; First Circuit rules against ferry employees challenging a COVID-19 vaccine mandate; New York lawmakers propose amendments to Trapped at Work Act.
January 12
Changes to EEOC voting procedures; workers tell SCOTUS to pass on collective action cases; Mamdani's plans for NYC wages.
January 11
Colorado unions revive push for pro-organizing bill, December’s jobs report shows an economic slowdown, and the NLRB begins handing down new decisions