Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: Law Professors File Amicus Brief in SpaceX Case John Fry on law professors' amicus brief in a venue dispute over SpaceX's suit against the NLRB.
March 20, 2024 News & Commentary Dartmouth refuses to bargain with newly-formed players’ union; Connecticut lawmakers consider universal mandated sick time; New England union leaders call for offshore wind contractors to adopt high labor standards.
Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: SpaceX’s Suit Transferred and Starbucks Joins the Fray John Fry on the latest developments from SpaceX and Starbucks.
February 25, 2024 News & Commentary Starbucks challenges the constitutionality of the NLRB; Swedish economists debate Tesla’s anti-collective bargaining stance; Gina Carano claims she was fired by Disney and Lucasfilm for expressing her political views.
February 22, 2024 News & Commentary NLRB orders Home Depot to reinstate employee fired for wearing BLM logo, and Senate headed to another vote on acting Secretary Su’s nomination.
Tracking Attacks on the NLRB: Amazon Invokes the Major Questions Doctrine John Fry on the major questions doctrine as a threat to labor law.
February 18, 2024 News & Commentary UAW plans to strike at a Kentucky Ford factory; Amazon claims that the NLRB is unconstitutional; and Starbucks shareholders push for disclosure of company’s spending on union-busting.
Tracking Attacks on the NLRB As companies increasingly attack the NLRB's constitutionality, OnLabor's John Fry will begin writing a new series titled "Tracking Attacks on the NLRB" to cover the arguments and implications of these challenges to the Board's structure.
February 16, 2024 News & Commentary In today’s news and commentary: Actors Equity aims to unionize Disneyland performers; the Cornell ILR school releases its 2023 Labor Action Tracker; SpaceX’s lawsuit against the NLRB to be transferred to California; Washington State House approves a bill to allow unemployment benefits for striking workers; Uber and Lyft drivers strike on Valentine’s Day.
February 4, 2024 News & Commentary Ridehail drivers and union leaders sue to block Massachusetts ballot initiative that would define ridehail drivers as independent contractors; the Washington Post analyzes 2023 data on child labor; and the NLRB accuses the Washington Post of violating labor law by refusing to bargain with its employees’ union over return to office.