Better family leave and support policies could incentivize millions of workers to rejoin the workforce, according to research published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Labor participation rates in the United States have fallen considerably in re... More »
Temporary workers hired to replace striking employees at Marriott hotels in San Francisco and San Diego are alleging labor violations. The workers claim that Marriott and its contractors have failed to pay them on time—in some cases for up to a month—and have... More »
Yesterday, the Council of the District of Columbia voted 8-to-5 to repeal Initiative 77. The ballot initiative, which 55% of D.C. voters approved in June, would have raised the district’s tipped minimum wage to $15 by 2025. Employers are currently allowed to... More »
News coverage of Amazon’s minimum pay raise continued yesterday. After its initial announcement, Amazon added that it will lobby Washington to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour but did not specify how much it would push for. The New York T... More »
Thousands of service industry workers across seven states will strike next week to demand union representation. The Fight for $15 and the Service Employees International Union are organizing the action, which will see workers in the food service, transportati... More »
A new study by Professor Tae-Youn Park of Vanderbilt University finds that unions play a significant role in helping mothers take maternity leave. According to the study, which will be published in the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, union-represented ... More »
WeWork has reached a settlement agreement with the Attorneys General of New York and Illinois to remove or alter noncompete clauses included in the company’s employment contracts. Prior to the settlement, most of WeWork’s staff—including custodians, baristas,... More »
Yesterday, the D.C. Circuit ruled that Columbia University’s Teachers College had unlawfully denied a request for information from UAW Local 2110, which represents the school’s secretarial and clerical workers, regarding the work performed by some employees ou... More »
Yesterday, President Trump reportedly met with union leaders from the AFL-CIO, Teamsters, United Automobile Workers, International Association of Machinists, and United Steelworkers to discuss the administration’s ongoing NAFTA negotiations. According to a st... More »
Today, Missouri voters decide the fate of the state’s “right-to-work” law by referendum. If the ballot initiative fails, the law would prevent unions from requiring their members to pay the agency fees that fund union representation. While the Supreme Court ... More »
In Washington, DC, the Metro transit system’s largest unions—Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 and AFL-CIO Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 2—won concessions from management after threatening to strike. Metro agreed to raise wages... More »
The NFL players union has filed a grievance against the league for its “Take a Knee” ban. In a statement, the NFL Players Association argued that the policy “is inconsistent with the collective agreement and infringes on player rights[.]” The NFL announced t... More »