August 14th 2022
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The last month marked not just the temporary end of women’s constitutional right to choose, but also the permanent end of the current Supreme Court as a respected institution in American life. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health and West Virginia v. EPA are the endgame...
The guideposts established by the Supreme Court for labor-related free speech rights have been shifting in recent years, but there ought to be serious doubts about the constitutionality of one Massachusetts labor law. Section 9A of Chapter 150E of Massachusetts...
The country has been rocked by the news that the Supreme Court seems poised to issue a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that will overrule the 49 year-old ruling in Roe v. Wade guaranteeing the right to an abortion for women who can find a...
Today is the opening day of the Supreme Court’s 2021-22 term. And, for the first time in years, the Court’s merits docket is bereft of disputes bearing directly on the rights of workers. The absence of labor and employment cases should be the subject of...
In a report published yesterday, researchers at the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that Massachusetts rideshare drivers could earn well below the federal and state minimum wage under a proposed state ballot initiative pushed by ride-hailing giants Uber and...
After the Supreme Court announced in Janus that the First Amendment prohibits mandatory agency fees in the public sector, plaintiffs supported by right-to-work groups flooded the courts with related claims. At the time, we feared that these plaintiffs, aided...
In Christian Labor Ass’n v. City of Duluth, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has held that an independent union — along with three businesses and two independent workers — have standing to sue three Minnesota cities and a public...
When the current Supreme Court decides a labor case, it’s like watching top film stars in the third sequel to a movie franchise – you know how it’s going to turn out and you also know that you’re not going to see their best work. The 6-3 decision in Cedar...
The Supreme Court has rejected Jade Thompson's appeal claiming she has a First Amendment right not to be represented by a union. The appeal argued that the Court should overturn Minnesota State Board v. Knight to weaken public sector unions' powers derived from...
This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its May jobs report. It determined that 559,000 jobs were created or restored in May—around double that of April—and the unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage points to 5.8 percent. Labor force...
A United Airlines worker has asked the Supreme Court to strike down the Railway Labor Act's opt-out system for union dues for railway and airline workers. Under the Railway Labor Act, employees who are not union members but are represented must affirmatively opt...
Unions in Myanmar have called a general strike after last month’s military coup overthrew the country’s civilian leadership. Since the February 1st coup which overthrew Myanmar’s first democratically elected government in decades, the ruling junta has engaged in a...