Jacqueline Rayfield is a student at Harvard Law School.
In today’s News and Commentary, workers in Montreal organize the first Amazon warehouse union in Canada and Fordham Graduate Student Workers reach a tentative agreement with the university.
After months of rallying and recent contract negotiations, Fordham Graduate Student Workers union (FGSW-CWA Local 1104) reached a tentative agreement with university administration. This win comes after a 98 percent supermajority strike authorization vote from the union just two weeks ago. Top issues for members included stipends, health insurance subsidies, and high university fees which can cost up to 15% of workers’ pay.
Workers at a Montreal Amazon warehouse filed a request to be the first Amazon union in Canada. This request directs the Administrative Labor Tribunal to validate the workers’ signatures in order to create the union. Members would not be required to vote, but Amazon could still challenge the list of employees in the union. Workers themselves are convinced that most members of their workplace are in favor of the new union.
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July 3
California compromises with unions on housing; 11th Circuit rules against transgender teacher; Harvard removes hundreds from grad student union.
July 2
Block, Nanda, and Nayak argue that the NLRA is under attack, harming democracy; the EEOC files a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels; and SEIU Local 1000 strikes an agreement with the State of California to delay the state's return-to-office executive order for state workers.
July 1
In today’s news and commentary, the Department of Labor proposes to roll back minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by public defenders over a union’s Gaza statements, and Philadelphia’s largest municipal union is on strike for first time in nearly 40 years. On Monday, the U.S. […]
June 30
Antidiscrimination scholars question McDonnell Douglas, George Washington University Hospital bargained in bad faith, and NY regulators defend LPA dispensary law.
June 29
In today’s news and commentary, Trump v. CASA restricts nationwide injunctions, a preliminary injunction continues to stop DOL from shutting down Job Corps, and the minimum wage is set to rise in multiple cities and states. On Friday, the Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA that universal injunctions “likely exceed the equitable authority that […]
June 27
Labor's role in Zohran Mamdani's victory; DHS funding amendment aims to expand guest worker programs; COSELL submission deadline rapidly approaching