March 27, 2025 News & Commentary Florida legislature proposes deregulation of child labor laws, Trump administration cuts international programs that target child labor and human trafficking, and California Federal judge reversed course and ruled that unions representing federal employees can sue the Trump administration over mass firings.
March 13, 2025 News & Commentary District court judge orders reinstatement of FLRA board member unlawfully removed by Trump, and the UAW files unfair labor practices charges against Volkswagen.
February 27, 2025 News & Commentary Nearly 60,000 University of California workers represented by a pair of unions initiate strike, FTC forms Joint Labor Task Force, and DoorDash reaches settlement with New York AG’s Office to pay $16.8 million in restitution for wage theft practice.
February 13, 2025 News & Commentary NLRB sues Wells Fargo for preventing fair union election, Trump fires Federal Labor Relations Authority Chairwoman Susan Tsui Grundmann despite independent agency’s for-cause removal protection, and IBEW utility workers for National Grid are set to strike.
January 16, 2025 News & Commentary Perdue Farms agrees to pay restitution to address child labor violations, Mozilla settles case with software engineer after alleged refusal to hire because of her labor activism, and Thomas Jefferson resident physicians unionize.
December 19, 2024 News & Commentary Amazon workers launch nationwide strike, Hyundai supplier terminates Alabama prison labor contract, and Starbucks Workers United baristas authorize strike.
November 21, 2024 News & Commentary Workers at electric vehicle battery production complex in Kentucky launch campaign to join the UAW; Amazon workers at company’s largest air facility on the West Coast start union drive to join the Teamsters; and medical residents and fellows affiliated with Brown University organize to join CIR/SEIU Healthcare.
November 7, 2024 News & Commentary Voters nationwide approve ballot measures to raise minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick time; Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts win the right to unionize; and NLRB judge rules that Amazon violated labor laws during unionization efforts at its warehouse in Alabama.
October 24, 2024 News & Commentary Boeing union workers reject new labor contract, extending strike; Miami-Dade public school workers overwhelmingly vote to recertify United Teachers of Dade union representation; and auto part workers at Julian Electric commit to keep organizing after losing union election.
October 10, 2024 News & Commentary DOL obtains a federal consent decree against Tennessee sawmill for employing children as young as 13- and 14-years-old, Michigan Governor Whitmer signs legislation to restore bargaining rights to home care workers, and the all-male Chippendales Dancers seek to unionize with the Actors’ Equity Association.
