Esther Ritchin is a student at Harvard Law School.
In today’s news and commentary, nurses in Michigan vote to unionize and a hotel workers strike continues in Las Vegas.
Nurses at Corewell Health in Michigan voted to unionize after a year-long campaign. This election resulted in one of the largest union election victories in nearly 20 years, according to the NLRB, with this election representing nearly 10,000 workers. The vote was 4,958 for the union to 2,957 against, representing a 62% approval vote. The Teamsters president described an aggressive anti-union campaign by Corewell Health. Due to the large size of the bargaining unit, the nurses will have their own local chapter of the Teamsters union.
Hotel workers at a casino in Las Vegas have been on strike since Friday, asking for a new five-year contract and rejecting the hotel’s proposal of $0.30 per year raises. The hotel has hired scabs to maintain operations, citing almost 650 applications for the vacant positions. The strike is set to continue during the heavily-attended Formula One weekend, which began yesterday. Some have criticized the Laborers Union Pension Fund of Eastern and Central Canada, upon discovering that they, among other investors, own the hotel in question. Workers report being ignored and dismissed by the pension fund when they attempted to contact them, including by going to their offices in person.
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July 31
Legislators move to end mandatory arbitration in employment contracts; NYC tip laws result in greater pay for delivery workers; women's college basketball players seek to unionize.
July 30
Supreme Court denies Cemex's bid to pause bargaining order; employers remain exposed to Title VII suits over English-only rules; Texas judge declines to enjoin NLRB proceeding despite unconstitutional removal protections.
July 29
NYC public defender strikes spread to the Bronx; NLRB drops challenge to New York labor law after Amazon wins its case; new data shows appointments of women and minorities to S&P 500 boards at lowest level in a decade.
July 28
DOJ drops charges against SEIU California president; Massachusetts nurses file ULP against hospital; Democratic lawmakers look to remove damage caps in employment discrimination cases
July 27
NY Port Authority proceeds to trial on PUMP Act case; First Circuit denies stay in order vacating H-1B visa fee; DC Circuit panel denies First Amendment claim over disclosure of confidential emails in allegation of prison's COVID-19 mismanagement.