Principles for a Just and Sustainable Economy On International Workers' Day, the Clean Slate for Worker Power reflects on the intersection of the labor, climate, and racial justice movements in its report "Exploratory Principles: Making Progress for People and the Planet."
April 30, 2023 News & Commentary Hollywood braces for a Writers Guild strike; New York’s tentative budget includes a higher minimum wage; a union decertification petition is filed at a Buffalo, New York Starbucks store
April 23, 2023 News & Commentary A Florida-based think tank is driving roll back of child labor laws, and House and Senate Democrats reintroduce the Do No Harm Act
April 21, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB lays out remedies for repeat violators; Labor Secretary nominee Su confirmation hearing; FTC noncompete ban receives 25,000 comments.
The Howard Schultz Senate Hearing: Setting the Record Straight on a Venti’s Worth of Misinformation Assessing Starbucks CEO's Senate testimonial regarding the company's response to workers union organizing.
March 28, 2023 News & Commentary New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Chipotle settles NLRB suit.
March 26, 2023 News & Commentary Shawn Fain wins runoff election for UAW president; Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs repeal of right-to-work
March 12, 2023 News & Commentary President Biden's budget includes penalties for employers, paid family and medical leave, and increased spending on labor and employment agencies
March 6, 2023 News & Commentary Florida’s legislature considers proposals targeting unions; the University of Massachusetts Amherst is restructuring its Advancement office putting over 100 state jobs in jeopardy; UAW locals and Caterpillar have reached a tentative agreement; ambulance unions in England suspend strikes to enter negotiations with the government
February 20, 2023 News & Commentary Hearing to determine ExxonMobil’s 2021 lockout; Biden Administration seeks outgoing Labor Secretary Marty Walsh’s replacement; Iowa state bill could allow teenagers to work in previously restricted industries; DC 37 secured a tentative agreement with New York City.