November 30, 2022 News & Commentary Although progressive members of Congress express support for the rail workers, rail legislation likely to pass; Biden's nomination for Wage and Hour chief moves forward; NLRB extends comment period on proposed rulemaking.
November 28, 2022 News & Commentary The migrant-labor system that built Qatar World Cup 2022, why the holidays are not so great a time for retail workers, and the TikTokers trying to make going to the office cool again
November 22, 2022 News & Commentary Starbucks shuts down first store in Seattle to unionize, while nation’s largest rail union rejects labor deal.
November 21, 2022 News & Commentary Auto workers at Rivian Automotive filed safety violation complaints against the electric vehicle manufacturer; members of New York’s first farm-worker union and supporters protested outside of Pindar Vinyards on Long Island; and temporary staffing agencies have ramped up lobbying efforts to stop a temp worker protection bill from passing in the New Jersey State Senate.
November 20, 2022 News & Commentary District judge declines to reinstate fired Amazon union organizer; Southern service workers form new union; NLRB leaders threaten furloughs absent additional funding
November 18, 2022 News & Commentary A nationwide Starbucks strike of 112 stores; Iran metal workers join the resistance; Sanders vies to take Murray's seat as HELP committee chair; and the NLRB Union challenged the General Counsel's plan to change their telework policy
November 17, 2022 News & Commentary Strikes at Starbucks; House passes bill nullifying gag orders around workplace sexual harassment; St. Louis Apple Store workers move to unionize; New York City proposes higher wages for delivery app workers; SCOTUS decision will determine next steps in cases against meatpacking companies by families of workers who died of COVID-19; Missouri doubles down on subminimum wages for disabled workers
November 16, 2022 News & Commentary Whistleblowers expose employment law violations at Tesla's new Texas facility; uncertainty around fate of tentative railway deal; Starbucks shutters yet another unionized store; the implications of the midterm elections for national labor and employment policy
November 15, 2022 News & Commentary The inner-workings of the Apple retail unionizing campaign are laid out in a recent report and the Eleventh circuit revives a class action lawsuit against Burger King for antitrust violations.
November 14, 2022 News & Commentary Huge UC grad-student strike begins; Labor Department uncovers disturbing child-labor violations; Twitter layoffs continue