The Wall Street Journal reports on “high-stakes negotiations” between the Metropolitan Opera and the singer’s union, including management filing an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB “even before across-the-table talks begin.... More »
The 2014 congressional elections do not take place until November, but unions have already provided millions of dollars in campaign contributions to candidates, political parties, and outside groups – including to some surprising recipients. According to... More »
The Wall Street Journal reports that Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro recently sent a “letter to all the presidents of NCAA Division I football schools” regarding the unionization efforts by members of the school’s football t... More »
In Illinois politics and labor relations, changing circumstances have transformed friends into enemies and back again in just the past six months. Specifically, unions have come to the aid of Governor Pat Quinn’s reelection effort, endorsing him and inve... More »
The Wall Street Journal reports that prominent sports labor lawyer Jeffrey Kessler, who “helped bring free agency to the NFL and has worked with the NFL and NBA players unions,” is suing the NCAA for antitrust violations, claiming “that the N... More »
The Washington Post reports that “President Obama met with a group of women lawmakers” yesterday “to discuss what he called the ‘burdens’ faced by working women,” including the fact that “women continue to be dispropor... More »
Last week, President Obama released his budget request for fiscal year 2015, which included a proposed $200 million increase in funding for the Department of Labor, for a total of $11.8 billion. According to the Department, the request “targets investmen... More »
Professor Sachs delivered the keynote address at the NYU Annual Survey of American Law’s annual symposium on February 21 on “The Continuing Vitality of Unions.” Sachs argued that “[u]nions are an essential contributor to economic equality,” noting that “... More »
Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee has a strongly worded op-ed in the Wall Street Journal arguing that if the NLRB upholds the UAW’s objections regarding the union election at the VW plant in Chattanooga, “it would be an unprecedented assault on free ... More »
The UAW today filed objections with the NLRB “related to the interference by politicians and outside special interest groups in the union representation election held last week at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant.” Their full press release is below: ... More »
Last month, Congressman George Miller announced that he was retiring from the House of Representatives after 40 years of service. Miller has served on the House Education and Workforce Committee since entering Congress in 1975 – serving as Chairman from... More »
The New York Times editorial page’s “Room for Debate” section today features an extensive discussion of the UAW’s defeat in Chattanooga, including pieces by Mike Elk, Kate Bronfenbrenner, Linda Chavez, Stephen Silvia, union representati... More »
May 7th, 2014