June 4, 2023 News & Commentary Mexico taking up US’s request to investigate labor violations at Goodyear plant; Amazon fires another organizer at Bessemer warehouse; leaders of United Airlines pilots union authorize strike vote.
June 1, 2023 News & Commentary Supreme Court ruled on Glacier Northwest; Southern California hotel employees asking for strike authorization; businesses urge to strike on June 1 to protest Florida's new immigration law; FedEx reached tentative agreement with pilot employees.
June 1, 2023 News & Commentary [email protected]: helpline fired its workers after they unionized and then introduced chatbot in their stead (which promptly malfunctioned), and Uber drivers in Nigeria who have financed their cars through Uber’s financing partner are having their cars impounded.
May 29, 2023 News & Commentary Iowa joins a growing list of states that are relaxing back child labor laws; Los Angeles union workers join the Writers Guild of America strikers in a show of solidarity; Alaska’s Supreme Court rules that an executive order requiring employees to opt in to union membership was illegal
May 28, 2023 News & Commentary The Sixth Circuit adopts a new standard for collective action FLSA claims; a report highlights “squalid conditions” for tea pickers in Sri Lanka; Amazon shareholders reject resolutions calling for workers’ rights assessments
May 26, 2023 News & Commentary New York Times reaches an agreement with the NYT Guild; Governor Walz vetoes a ride-share workers’ protections bill; Bloomberg reports a slowdown at the DOL; workers at a Barnes & Noble, a Chicago museum, and an REI vote to unionize.
May 22, 2023 News & Commentary [email protected]: CNET writers push for union in light of AI concerns, and the FTC releases a policy statement on biometrics that may have implications for the use of biometrics in the workplace.
May 21, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB judge finds Starbucks manager unlawfully retaliated against lead organizer; Second Circuit skeptical that NYC just cause protections for fast food workers preempted by NLRA; NLRB GC brings case arguing college athletes protected by NLRA.
May 19, 2023 News & Commentary Minnesota Democrats pass a sweeping labor bill; SCOTUS held that the FLRA has jurisdiction over state National Guard technicians; the EEOC released new guidance regarding employer use of automated hiring tools; Handy settled a worker misclassification lawsuit for $6 million