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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August 19
NLRB swears in third Trump-appointed Member; Teamster file complaint against Amazon in New York; unions and college students sue Trump admin for international student immigration restrictions
August 18
New Trump administration rules will remove the Merit Systems Protection Board's independence; a CFPB union leader suspended alleges retaliation; the National Treasury Employees Union requires its members to pay dues as it battles to stay financially afloat.
August 17
Tensions rise between New York City's teachers' union and City Hall; NLRB judge finds Brooklyn hospital violated labor law.
August 16
New documents show that federal surveillance operations targeted Minnesota labor unions during the ICE surge, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission denies halting federal class discrimination complaints.
August 14
Hollywood unions diverge in response to the Paramount-Warner merger saga; Tesla defeats a years-long strike in Sweden, and labor scholars advocate for state sectoral bargaining policy innovation.
August 13
EEOC complaint process expected to harm federal workers; former UAW leaders endorse Fain challenger; Xbox employees protest layoffs.