Buried on page 524 of the recent Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was a small provision with big implications: mid-sized businesses that accept a stimulus loan must pledge to “remain neutral in any union organizing effort for the term ... More »
There has been an ironic convergence over the last two years between Brazil and the United States in relation to the law governing trade union financing. The entire public sector and much of the private sector are currently so-called “right to work” in the U.S... More »
Expansion of unemployment insurance will be a major part of the U.S. government’s response to COVID-19’s disruption of the labor market, as Jason and Niki detailed last week. Reacting to record numbers of claims, many states are waiving or relaxing waiting per... More »
That’s it. The Trump appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) need to be removed for neglect of duty and malfeasance – now. The latest outrage? Yesterday, the Trump Board added to its long and growing list of anti-worker, anti-union actions, i... More »
As more people shelter in place to avoid the widening impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, workers at Instacart, a popular grocery delivery service that employs over 150,000 workers, went on strike yesterday. On March 27th, the workers, in ... More »
With the economic uncertainty wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more urgent than ever that gig economy workers be recognized as employees with the attendant rights, protections, and benefits like sick leave. Mandatory arbitration agreements that prohibit... More »
In the Covid-19 pandemic, worker health is public health. But worker safety and health is in a crisis in this pandemic. The Federal government is failing to ensure the safety and health of workers—including those most at risk, health care workers. The governme... More »
Last week, a record 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to make ends meet as the COVID-19 pandemic spurs mass layoffs. In Pennsylvania, 70,000 people filed for unemployment insurance in a single day, and Minnesota received 2,... More »
While the rest of the country has been trying to unite to fight COVID-19, Donald Trump’s appointees at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have continued their relentless march to strip workers of their rights and to weaken the agency they preside over. ... More »
Nearly sixty years after the enactment of Title VII, discrimination still pervades the American workplace. White men continue to dominate the ranks of company management. To address (or to give the appearance of addressing) their lackluster workplace diversity... More »
On Wednesday, Congress passed the first widespread federal paid sick leave mandate within its coronavirus emergency relief package. Only a massive pandemic—current estimates predict, at a minimum, hundreds of thousands of deaths in the United States—could conv... More »
While eleven states have legalized recreational marijuana and thirty-three have legalized medical marijuana, federal law stands to the contrary. The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) criminalizes the use of marijuana as a federal schedule 1 substance. This tens... More »