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October 27, 2014
News & Commentary

Emily Cusick

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ford Motor Company “won’t invest in putting new, smaller engines in plants in Windsor, Ontario, and instead will put the investment in Mexico.” “We are disappointed,” said Jerry Dias, the president of Unifor (the Canadian auto workers union), in a statement. “The auto industries that are flourishing around the […]

October 24, 2014
News & Commentary

Emily Cusick

New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits held below 300,000 for a sixth straight week, suggesting that the labor market is “shrugging off jitters” over a slowing global economy. Both Reuters and the New York Times conclude that despite an increase from last week’s jobless claims, weekly applications remain at historically low levels that suggest the […]

The Battle Against Black Lung Disease

Oct 10, 2014 Emily Cusick

For many years, black lung disease has been thought of as a relic of the past. The last great debate over black lung disease and occupational hazards for miners happened over 40 years ago, resulting in a federal statute that requires coal companies to compensate miners who contract black lung. The market’s movement away from […]

October 6, 2014
News & Commentary

Emily Cusick

A new survey released on Tuesday showed that 83% of restaurant patrons support raising the federal minimum wage and adjusting it annually for inflation. Twelve percent of survey participants said they were business owners, and of that group, 90% supported raising the minimum wage and indexing it to inflation. Reuters reports that raising the minimum wage had “broad […]

September 29, 2014
News & Commentary

Emily Cusick

A Los Angeles Times editorial analyzes the possible effects of Senator Lamar Alexander’s (R-TN) NLRB Reform Act, which would increase the size of the National Labor Relations Board from five to six members. The new NLRB would consist of three Democrats and three Republicans, each nominated by the president after consultation with the Senate leader from […]

House Committee Examines EEOC Transparency and Accountability Legislation

Sep 17, 2014 Emily Cusick

On Sept. 17, the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing to examine H.R. 4959, “EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act,” H.R. 5422, “Litigation Oversight Act of 2014,” and H.R. 5423, “Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2014.” The media advisory sent out by the Subcommittee stated: “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

September 15, 2014
News & Commentary

Emily Cusick

The New York Times reports that crowds in the main airports in Paris were thinner than usual on Monday “as thousands of passengers who normally would have boarded flights of the country’s flag carrier, Air France, stayed home or in hotel rooms because of a strike by the airline’s pilots.” 52 percent of Air France’s flights […]

September 14, 2014
News & Commentary

Emily Cusick

The Metropolitan Opera has announced that it is eliminating 22 of its 254 administrative positions (9% of its nonunion staff) mostly through layoffs. The Met has been struggling financially, resulting in recent tensions with unions representing Met employees. However, with wage cuts and budget reorganization, “labor savings and cost reductions are expected to save the […]

House Committee to Examine Joint Employer Status Under NLRA

Sep 9, 2014 Emily Cusick

Today, September 9th, the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, will hold a hearing entitled “Expanding Joint Employer Status: What Does it Mean for Workers and Job Creators?” The hearing will provide subcommittee members an opportunity to examine recent efforts by the National Labor Relations Board to change the procedure […]

September 1, 2014
News & Commentary

Emily Cusick

This Labor Day, The New York Times reports that more workers are claiming “wage theft,” where workers accuse employers of violating minimum wage and overtime laws, erasing work hours and wrongfully taking employees’ tips. These has been “a flood of recent cases” claiming that employers have violated federal or state wage and hour laws. Recently, a lawsuit involving […]

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October 27, 2014

October 24, 2014

The Battle Against Black Lung Disease

October 6, 2014

September 29, 2014

House Committee Examines EEOC Transparency and Accountability Legislation

September 15, 2014

September 14, 2014

House Committee to Examine Joint Employer Status Under NLRA

September 1, 2014