September 1, 2026 News & Commentary California legislature passes a bill banning AI workplace surveillance of workers' emotional states; Labor Department repeals decades-old farmworker protection rules; Sixth Circuit upholds a $1.4 million verdict for farmworkers.
August 31, 2026 News & Commentary Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians stave off first-ever strike; Cleveland Public Library workers ratify new contracts; New York State AFL-CIO makes endorsements
August 30, 2026 News & Commentary Seattle teachers vote to authorize a strike days before the school year begins; BNSF Railway’s AI dispatching system puts workers in danger; and a California court finds that the DOL’s pay cuts for non-citizen farmworkers are unlawful.
August 28, 2026 News & Commentary Calls for a “token tax” on AI consumption grow and the number of Amazon workers on federal aid explodes.
August 27, 2026 News & Commentary NLRB GC targets Biden-era precedent; Starbucks Workers United calls for boycott; Encore Boston Harbor workers authorize strike
August 25, 2026 News & Commentary Hyundai workers reach a tentative agreement; Federal-sector unions sue the Trump Administration over OPM rule changes; Federal judge dismisses a teachers’ union free speech suit.
August 24, 2026 News & Commentary Boeing engineers and technicians reject contract proposals and authorize a strike; Ninth Circuit holds that unions charged under 8(b)(4)(D) cannot invoke the work-preservation defense to disregard 10(k) determination.
August 23, 2026 News & Commentary Hyundai Motors workers launch full-day strike; federal judge rules in favor of Vermont dairy plant in closure dispute
August 21, 2026 News & Commentary Tyson workers respond to abrupt plant shutdown; DOL ends its power to police federal contractor bias.
August 20, 2026 News & Commentary Unions sue the government over new visa rule; Judge declines to dismiss former Amazon worker's suit.
