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Pension Funds: These Once Hyper-Safe Investors Are Going to the Moon

Mar 7, 2022 Chinmay G. Pandit

In a world overcome by the cryptocurrency frenzy, large public pension funds — historically known for their ultra-safe investing style — have just entered the chat. The Houston Firefighters’ Relief and Retirement Fund, a pension fund for, as the name suggests, Houston’s firefighters, made news last October as the first American public pension plan to […]

March 4, 2022
News & Commentary

Hannah Finnie

Despite company attempts to quash a unionizing effort, the first REI location in the U.S. has overwhelmingly voted to unionize. Eighty-eight workers at an REI in Manhattan voted in favor of unionizing, with 14 opposed. As previously mentioned on this blog, the outdoor/adventure retailer took somewhat of an odd stance against the union, given both […]

February 28, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

Employers are divided on company-level vaccination policy, according to a New York Times survey published last week. Although the vast majority of large corporations plan to require vaccinations for at least some workers, there remains meaningful variation in terms of what these vaccine requirements will look like. Some employers will allow regular testing as an […]

February 22, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

Yesterday, Zachary Small at the New York Times covered the rise in collective bargaining movements at Museums across America, touching most major cities and Museums. Many of the workers joining these unions work in “curatorial, administrative, and education” positions, a shift in union membership from the days when only security guards and janitorial staff held […]

January 31, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

Is the U.S. labor movement in a moment of resurgence? Last Friday, NPR published this big-picture snapshot and forecast of the American labor movement. In recent months, union success has dominated national headlines: breakthrough victories at Starbucks, hard-fought contracts at John Deere and Kellogg’s, and decades-high national approval. But the future of the U.S. labor […]

State Constitutions — Another Progressive Step

Jan 24, 2022 Jonathan R. Harkavy

Applying its state constitution’s “fruits of their own labor” clause, the North Carolina Court of Appeals recently took another step toward workplace justice for governmental employees. The Court ruled that a discharged city employee had alleged a colorable violation by his employer of North Carolina’s constitutional provision ensuring “the enjoyment of the fruits of their […]

January 11, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

Last night, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot announced that a deal was reached with the Chicago teacher’s union to reopen schools. According to the agreement, children will begin returning to school on Wednesday and schools will be implementing a complex safety plan with policies in place for Covid-19 testing, remote learning alternatives, and unpaid pandemic-specific leave. The […]

December 22, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

Yesterday, the Kellogg strike ended after striking workers ratified a new contract broadening the scope of the company’s cost-of-living wage adjustments to cover all employees. The eleven-week strike started in early October, spanning four of Kellogg’s breakfast cereal plants. The agreement concludes a monthslong contentious negotiation, during which Kellogg controversially threatened to permanently replace striking […]

Exploring Barriers to Unemployment for Limited English Proficiency Claimants

Dec 15, 2021 Travis Lavenski

Following two large economic downturns within the last 15 years, the importance of unemployment insurance in supporting those who have lost their jobs cannot be overstated. During the Great Recession, the unemployment system kept millions of working people from plunging into poverty; during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Economic Policy Institute estimated that expanded unemployment benefits […]

November 4, 2021
News & Commentary

William Greenlaw

Members of the United Auto Workers yesterday rejected a second offered deal by Deere & Co. This has the effect of extending the already three-week-long strike. Among the items rejected in the deal were larger wage increases, a signing bonus of $8,500, a “$35,000 retirement bonus for workers with 10 to 24 years on the […]

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Exploring Barriers to Unemployment for Limited English Proficiency Claimants

November 4, 2021