Jon Weinberg is a student at Harvard Law School.
Professor Sachs will be participating in a panel at today’s White House Summit on Worker Voice. The Summit will be streamed live starting at 10:30AM ET at http://www.whitehouse.gov/live. Professor Sachs previewed his panel on how the law might change to better facilitate worker voice in a post yesterday. The full schedule is as follows:
· 10:30AM ET: Welcome & Opening Plenary Panel
· 12:00PM ET: President Obama remarks
· 12:45PM ET: “Exploring Promising New Models of Worker Voice”
· 2:15PM ET: “Millennials Finding Their Voice”
· 4:40PM ET: Town Hall with the President on the Future of Worker Voice
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October 13
Chicago hotel workers remain on strike; a coalition of Democratic states sues the Labor Department over canceled unemployment insurance grants; the Federal Labor Relations Authority establishes a new mediation framework for federal worker disputes.
October 12
Workers at the Obama Foundation begin organizing; MLB submits its latest collective bargaining agreement proposal; Brigham & Women's nurses postpone strike.
October 11
UAW President Shawn Fain succeeds in his reelection bid, and Spanish unions call for a general strike.
October 9
DHS proposes a $100k fee for the foreign grad employment program; Trump suspends tech company access to green card program; and private equity perpetuates poor working conditions for home care workers.
October 8
NLRB judge finds UPS unlawfully restricted union insignia; Harvard graduate workers authorize second strike; OSHA orders Union Pacific to pay $300,000 in damages in whistleblower case.
October 7
DOL scraps plan to remove decades-old wage-and-hour guidance from federal regulations; New York enacts personnel records access law; Starbucks loses bid to dismiss Workers United trademark suit.